Definitions for okapioʊˈkɑ pi

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o•ka•pioʊˈkɑ pi(n.)(pl.)-pis; -pi.

  1. a central African ruminant, Okapia johnstoni, of the same family as the giraffe, but smaller and with a much shorter neck.

    Category: Mammals

Origin of okapi:

1900; < Bambuba (Mvu'ba), a language of the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo (or < a related Pygmy dial.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. okapi, Okapia johnstoni(noun)

    similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs

Wiktionary

  1. okapi(Noun)

    A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters.


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