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noun tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
originLearned borrowing from Latin camēlopardus, variant of camēlopardalis, from Ancient Greek καμηλοπάρδαλις (kamēlopárdalis, “giraffe”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0