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Meaning of "giraffid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GIRAFFID

giraffid  [dʒɪˈræfɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GIRAFFID

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Giraffid is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GIRAFFID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

giraffid

Giraffidae

The Giraffidae are ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with deer and bovids. This biological family, once a diverse group spread throughout Eurasia and Africa, contains only two living members, the giraffe and the okapi. Both are confined to sub-Saharan Africa: the giraffe to the open savannas, and the okapi to the dense rainforest of the Congo. The two species look very different on first sight, but share a number of common features, including long, dark-coloured tongues, lobed canine teeth, and horns covered in skin, called "ossicones".

Definition of giraffid in the English dictionary

The definition of giraffid in the dictionary is a member of the Giraffidae family.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GIRAFFID


aphid
ˈeɪfɪd
bifid
ˈbaɪfɪd
didelphid
daɪˈdɛlfɪd
fid
fɪd
multifid
ˈmʌltɪfɪd
octofid
ˈɒktəfɪd
palmatifid
pælˈmætɪfɪd
pedatifid
pɪˈdætɪfɪd
pinnatifid
pɪˈnætɪfɪd
quadrifid
ˈkwɒdrɪfɪd
septemfid
ˈseptəmˌfɪd
sexfid
ˈseksfɪd
sylphid
ˈsɪlfɪd
syrphid
ˈsɜːfɪd
triffid
ˈtrɪfɪd
trifid
ˈtraɪfɪd
tyroglyphid
ˌtaɪrəˈɡlɪfɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GIRAFFID

giraffe
giraffine
giraffoid
Giraldus Cambrensis
girandola
girandole
girasol
girasole
Giraud
Giraudoux
gird
girder
girdle
girdle scone
girdle traverse
girdle-like
girdlecake
girdler
girdlescone
girdlestead

WORDS THAT END LIKE GIRAFFID

acid
aid
android
avoid
bid
David
did
grid
id
kid
liquid
Madrid
mid
paid
rapid
said
solid
stupid
valid
vid

Synonyms and antonyms of giraffid in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «giraffid» into 25 languages

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The translations of giraffid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «giraffid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

giraffid
1,325 millions of speakers

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giraffid
570 millions of speakers

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giraffid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

giraffid
380 millions of speakers
ar

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giraffid
280 millions of speakers

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giraffid
278 millions of speakers

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giraffid
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

giraffid
260 millions of speakers

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giraffid
220 millions of speakers

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Giraffid
190 millions of speakers

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giraffid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

giraffid
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

giraffid
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Giraffid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giraffid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

giraffid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिराफिड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zürafa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giraffid
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

giraffid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

giraffid
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

giraffid
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

giraffid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

giraffid
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

giraffid
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

giraffid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of giraffid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GIRAFFID»

The term «giraffid» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.829 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GIRAFFID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about giraffid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIRAFFID»

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Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963
(c) Metapodials, proximal parts (2 specimens) A giraffid metatarsal has been broken approximately 4 in. from the proximal end. Part of the fractured edge is convex and has been chipped and battered by use. The edge of the articular surface ...
M. D. Leakey, 1971
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Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle ...
Giraffokeryxis the other giraffid genus reported from the African late Miocene. This genus is only described from Ngorora (Aguirre and Leakey 1974). Hamilton (1978), however, argued that specimens assigned to Giraffokeryx by Aguirre and  ...
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Giday WoldeGabriel, 2009
3
Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals
The moose-like giraffid Sivatherium, with its palmate horns, was common in the Plio- Pleistocene of Asia and Africa, and may be represented in cave paintings. ( Neg. no. 327253, courtesy Department of Library Services, American Museum of  ...
Donald R. Prothero, Robert M. Schoch, 2002
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The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe (Giraffa ...
These and other examples indicate that the largest fossil giraffid (Samotherium), with a leg length 83% that of Giraffa camelopardalis (Colbert 1938), did not exhibit parallel increases in neck length. Instead, selection appeared to favor heavier ...
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, 2011
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Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in ...
A third, large giraffid species may also be present. Based on a specimen recovered by Kohl-Larsen's team during the first extensive exploration of Laetoli, we now provisionally recognize Giraffa pygmaea from the Upper Ndolanya Beds, along ...
Terry Harrison, 2011
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Deer Antlers: Regeneration, Function and Evolution
The ossicone, which fuses secondarily with the skull, relates the giraffid horn to that of the bovid which is derived from the os cornu. They differ primarily in the nature of their integumental coverings. Giraffid horns are permanent structures with ...
Richard J. Goss, 1983
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Giraffe Reflections
There were, at various times, a lot of giraffid types, and they spread broadly into Europe, Asia, and Africa. All told, the family branched into one to two dozen genera, including the pair of genera I have already referred to: Okapia and Girafla, ...
Dale Peterson, 2013
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Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa
More likely, the taxonomic change reflects the immigration of progressive giraffid species from Asia. Of the two sites frequently compared to Lothagam on the basis of age, Langebaanweg has yielded much Sivatherium and also some Giraffa ...
Meave G. Leakey, John Michael Harris, 2013
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Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania: A ...
A third species of giraffid is represented by an isolated lower molar of a large sivatheriine from Kiloleli 2 (Kiloleli Member). Distal metapodials from Kiloleli 2 and Tinde can probably be attributed to the same species on the basis of size.
Terry Harrison, 1997
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Isotopic Records of Plio-Pleistocene Climate and ...
Giraffid S18Oenamei values average -0.2 ± 1 .2%o (n = 7) and are higher than S18Oenamei values of the other taxa sampled. Thirty-five teeth were sampled from the L05 collection locality. These teeth include Bovidae (Aepycerotini, Antilopini ...
Naomi Elizabeth Levin, 2008

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GIRAFFID»

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Massive rapes & conflict displacement hit DR Congo mining region
Home to and named after a rare giraffid mammal, the Okapi Forest Reserve (RFO), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has long been a source of ... «WNN - Women News Network, Jan 13»
2
Rainforest riches a curse for civilians in northeast DRC
Home to and named after a rare giraffid mammal, the Okapi Forest Reserve (RFO), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has long been a source of tension because ... «IRINnews.org, Jan 13»
3
Meet the Bronx Zoo's New Okapi (Also: What Is an Okapi?)
An okapi is a "giraffid artiodactyl mammal" native to a rainforest in the Congo, and though it kind of looks zebra-esque, it's actually more closely ... «Village Voice, Nov 11»
4
Animal farm
Visitors leave his home enriched with facts about okapi (a giraffid found roaming around the Ituri rainforest in Congo), pukeko (the purple ... «The Hindu, Jun 11»

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