okapinoun [ C ]
uk/əʊˈkɑː.pi/us/oʊˈkɑː.pi/plural okapis or okapian African animal, related to the giraffe, that is mainly brown with stripes of black and white around its legs and back part
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Deer & antelope
- antelope
- buck
- caribou
- chamois
- deer
- doe
- fallow deer
- fawn
- gazelle
- gnu
- hart
- hind
- moose
- reindeer
- roe deer
- springbok
- stag
- wapiti
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Examples from literature
- Scientists didn’t know about the okapi until 1900.
- We still don’t know much about the okapi because it lives in the thick forests of central Africa.