okapi

[ oh-kah-pee ]

/ oʊˈkɑ pi /

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.

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

Words nearby okapi

OJT, OK, oka, Okanagan, Okanagan Lake, okapi, Okavango, okay, Okayama, Okazaki, oke

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Example sentences from the Web for okapi

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.
With Airship and Submarine|Harry Collingwood
The Okapi lives in pairs in the deepest recesses of the forest.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
But, to their keen disappointment, no okapi made its appearance at the drinking-place that night.
With Airship and Submarine|Harry Collingwood
There were hunters from the forests of far-off Bongindanga where the okapi roams.
Bones|Edgar Wallace

This creature, of which the native name is "Okapi," is proposed to be called Ocapia johnstoni.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

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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单词	okapi
释义	okapi [ oh-kah-pee ] / oʊˈkɑ pi / 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. 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 Words nearby okapi OJT, OK, oka, Okanagan, Okanagan Lake, okapi, Okavango, okay, Okayama, Okazaki, oke Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for okapi 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. With Airship and Submarine\|Harry Collingwood The Okapi lives in pairs in the deepest recesses of the forest. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia\|Frank Evers Beddard But, to their keen disappointment, no okapi made its appearance at the drinking-place that night. With Airship and Submarine\|Harry Collingwood There were hunters from the forests of far-off Bongindanga where the okapi roams. Bones\|Edgar Wallace This creature, of which the native name is "Okapi," is proposed to be called Ocapia johnstoni. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia\|Frank Evers Beddard 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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