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Definition of Giraffidae
1. Noun. Giraffes.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Member holonyms: Genus Giraffa, Giraffa, Genus Okapia, Okapia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giraffidae
Literary usage of Giraffidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... front somewhere in central Asia was demonstrated by the Giraffidae on a map
indicating the region from which paleontological evidence is available. ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1901)
"Limb-bones of Giraffidae are found abundantly in the lower bone- bed. Mastodon is
rarer, but two small skulls were obtained from the new excavations ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"... is a genus which is not referred to the Giraffidae by all systematists.
Its very name, given to it by the eminent French palaeontologist M. Gaudry, ..."
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