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Definition of Giraffid
1. Noun. An animal of the family Giraffidae (such as the giraffe and okapi). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Giraffid
1. of a giraffe [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giraffid
Literary usage of Giraffid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Remains of Siwalik Vertebrata Contained in the Geological by Richard Lydekker (1885)
"Part of a frontlet; from Niki. _ Collected by Mr. Theobald. Family giraffid^E.
Syn. ... giraffid ..."
2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... an excessive development, not improbably occurs fossil Pliocene of the Siwalik
Hills. FAMILY giraffid/E.—In this family, which is taken to include i ..."
3. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1885)
"... attached to fragments of the frontals ; from the Middle Miocene of Sansan (Gers),
France. Croizet Collection. Purchased, 1848. Family giraffid^E. Syn. ..."
4. Introduction to Mammalia by Charles Hamilton Smith (1858)
"... often deprived of horns, connect them with the giraffid^; OP which it is not
yet proved there is more than one species in existence. ..."
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