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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 legsplay

  Familiarity information: OKAPI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OKAPI (noun)


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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