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Look up: Giraffe

  1. giraffe
    [n] - tallest living quadruped
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Giraffe
    Gi·raffe' noun [ French girafe , Spanish girafa , from Arabic zurāfa , zarāfa .] (Zoology) An African ruminant ( Camelopardalis giraffa ) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/28

  3. giraffe
    <zoology> An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer...
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  4. giraffe
    camelopard noun tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
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  5. Giraffe
    • (n.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. giraffe
    long-necked, cud-chewing hoofed mammal of Africa, with long legs and a coat pattern of irregular brown patches on a light background. Giraffes are ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/34

  7. giraffe
    giraffe, African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters. A male may be 18 ft (5.5 m) from hoof to crown. The neck, which is up to 7 ft (2.1 m) long, has only sev...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08208

  8. Giraffe
    Giraffe is British rhyming slang for laugh.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Giraffe
    Giraffe is British rhyming slang for laugh.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Giraffe
    The giraffe (formerly known as the camelopard) is the tallest mammal, reaching a height of over four meters, and found only in Africa south of the Sahara. A member of the family Giraffidae, suborder Ruminantia of the order Artiodactyla, there are two distinct species of giraffe, the common or blotch...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. giraffe
    Click images to enlargeWorld's tallest mammal. It stands over 5.5 m/18 ft tall, the neck accounting for nearly half this amount. The giraffe has two to four small, skin-covered, hornlike structures on its head and a long, tufted tail. The fur has a mottled appearance and is reddish brown and cream. Giraffes ar...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Giraffe
    :Camelopard redirects here. The `giraffe` (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all extant land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant. Its scientific name, which is similar to its archaic English name of camelopard, refers to ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe

  13. Giraffe
    (novel) `Giraffe` is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Scottish writer J. M. Ledgard. Giraffe is based on a true Czechoslovakian story, which Ledgard discovered while working as a journalist in the Czech Republic for The Economist in 2001. In 1975, on the eve of May D...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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