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gerfaunt
† gerfaunt Obs.—1 [app. alteration of Arab. zarāfah giraffe, assimilated to elefaunt.] A giraffe.c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xxviii. 289 In Arabye thei [orafles] ben clept Gerfauntz [Roxb. gyrfauntz]..he hath the necke a 20 Cubytes long.
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giraffe
giraffe (dʒɪˈrɑːf, -æf) Forms: α. 6 gyraffa, 6–9 giraffa. β. 7 giraf(f)le, gyraff, jarraff, ziraph, 7–8 giraff, 6– giraffe. [Ultimately ad. Arab. zarāfah, whence also It. giraffa, Sp. and Pg. girafa, F. girafe; earlier adoptions of the word are found in OF. as giras (pl.), orafle and giraffle, in ME...
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