giraffe

Etymology

From Middle French giraffe (Modern French girafe), from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa, “giraffe”); ultimately from Classical Persian زُرنَاپَا (zurnāpā), a compound of زُرنَا (zurnā, “flute”) and پَا (pā, “leg”). Displaced earlier camelopard.

noun

1. A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.
2. A giraffe unicycle.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
   Are you having a giraffe?!
4. (Internet slang, uncommon) A very tall individual.