okapi

1. n. similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs Source: wordnet

2. A peculiar mammal (Okapia johnostoni) closely related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Kongo in 1900. It is smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that the neck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male. The color of the body is chiefly reddish chestnut, the cheeks are yellowish white, and the fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are striped with purplish black and cream color. Source: webster

3. A peculiar mammal (Okapia johnostoni) closely related to thegiraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Kongo in 1900. Itis smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that theneck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There isa small prominence on each frontal bone of the male. The color of thebody is chiefly reddish chestnut, the cheeks are yellowish white, andthe fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are stripedwith purplish black and cream color. Source: adambom

4. n:100 n. similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs Source: ecdict

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