Definizione monolingua

okapi

okapi (plural okapis)

1. A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters.
   • 1904, ‘Saki’, ""Reginalds Christmas Revel"", Reginald:

     I used to listen to him with a rapt attention that I thought rather suited me, and then one day I quite modestly gave the dimensions of an okapi I had shot in the Lincolnshire fens.

Definizione dizionario okapi

	okapi
	(Okapia johnstoni) Ungulate of the Ituri Rainforest in central Africa, closely related to the giraffe

okapia johnstoni

Altri significati:

Large ruminant mammal

a large ruminant mammal, (Okapia johnstoni), found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters.