giraffe, noun
- Origin:
- So called because browsed by giraffes:
obs.
camel-thorn.
1815 A. Plumptre tr. of H. Lichtenstein’s Trav. in Sn Afr. (1930) II. 288A tall and wide spreading giraffe tree, the acacia giraffae.
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