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okapi
[ oh-kah-pee ]
/ oʊˈkɑ pi /
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noun, plural o·ka·pis, (especially collectively) o·ka·pi.
an African mammal, Okapia johnstoni, closely related to and resembling the giraffe, but smaller and with a much shorter neck.
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Origin of okapi
1900; <Bambuba (Mvu’ba), a Central Sudanic language of the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo (or < a related Pygmy dial.), according to English Africanist Harry Johnston (1858–1927), author of the first zoological descriptions of the animal
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British Dictionary definitions for okapi
okapi
/ (əʊˈkɑːpɪ) /
noun plural -pis or -pi
a ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, of the forests of central Africa, having a reddish-brown coat with horizontal white stripes on the legs and small horns: family Giraffidae
Word Origin for okapi
C20: from a Central African word
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