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giraffe sheep

giraffe sheep noun: a llama or alpaca.

giraffe sheep: a llama or alpaca
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Noun

giraffe sheep (plural giraffe sheep)

  1. (Internet, humorous) A llama or alpaca.
    • I have a family with 2 little girls coming to stay this weekend. The goats and giraffe sheep will end up horribly over fed.2016 March 21, jo (@jofromgreylynn), Twitter
    • I went to see the giraffe sheep down the road, and meet their new baby giraffe lambs.2018 September 8, Brad Kul (@Brad_Kul), Twitter

Forms of giraffe sheep

pluralgiraffe sheep

Origin of giraffe sheep

From a likening of the long neck of a llama or alpaca to that of a giraffe and its wooly coat to that of a sheep.

Questions about giraffe sheep

What does giraffe sheep mean?
Giraffe sheep means a llama or alpaca.
What part of speech is giraffe sheep?
Giraffe sheep is a noun.
What is the plural of giraffe sheep?
The plural of giraffe sheep is giraffe sheep.

Words near giraffe sheep in the dictionary

  1. giraffe lady
  2. giraffe piano
  3. giraffe pianos
  4. giraffe seahorse
  5. giraffe seahorses
  6. giraffe sheep
  7. giraffe thorn
  8. giraffe unicycle
  9. giraffe unicycles
  10. giraffe weevil
  11. giraffe weevils

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