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OKAPI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does okapi mean?
• OKAPI (noun)
The noun OKAPI has 1 sense:
1. similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
Familiarity information: OKAPI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
okapi; Okapia johnstoni
Hypernyms ("okapi" is a kind of...):
camelopard; Giraffa camelopardalis; giraffe (tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa)
Holonyms ("okapi" is a member of...):
genus Okapia; Okapia (okapis)
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