Usage Note
Girafe is the French word for the giraffe. Peigner la girafe (to comb the giraffe) is a humorous French idiom meaning to do something completely useless. The plural is girafes; baby giraffes are called girafons.
Examples
"La girafe mange des feuilles en haut de l'arbre."
Natural Translation
The giraffe eats leaves at the top of the tree.

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