Definition of Okpi
O*ka"pi (?), n. [Native name on the
borders of Belgian Kongo, possibly the same word as Mpongwe
okapo lean.] 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.
O*ka"pi (?), n. [Native name on the
borders of Belgian Kongo, possibly the same word as Mpongwe
okapo lean.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a large ruminant mammal, of the genus Okapia, found in the rainforests of the Congo, with a reddish brown coat and white stripes on its hindquarters.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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