okapi
n. (pl. same or okapis) a ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, native to N. and NE Zaiumlre, with a head resembling that of a giraffe and a body resembling that of a zebra, having a dark chestnut coat and transverse stripes on the hindquarters and upper legs only.
Etymology: Mbuba
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