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okapi
[ oh-kah-pee ]
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.
okapi
/ əʊˈkɑːpɪ /
noun
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of okapi1
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of okapi1
C20: from a Central African word
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Example Sentences
I am bitterly sorry and disappointed to be obliged to say it, but I think there can be no doubt that we have lost that okapi.
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But, to their keen disappointment, no okapi made its appearance at the drinking-place that night.
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So the meek okapi had added a few stripes on his legs, like a zebra, just to make him less like the scornful antelope.
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An okapi is worth a hundred other animals of any kind that one can name.
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The Okapi lives in pairs in the deepest recesses of the forest.
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