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Definition of Okapis
1. okapi [n] - See also: okapi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Okapis
Literary usage of Okapis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"I am not going to weary you with a dissertation about the animals collected by
Major Powell-Cotton, and will confine myself to a few remarks about okapis. ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1904)
"Giraffes and okapis form but a small group; and by far the most numerous of the
existing ruminants of Africa south of the Sahara are the various kinds of ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"The case containing the okapis has been enriched by the addition of the skeleton
of the animal whose mounted skin, presented by Major Powell-Cotton, ..."
4. Greater Roumania by Charles Upson Clark (1922)
"... here it is a fish-eagle's nest, sawed off and brought up in its tree-top, in
a special box-car; there it is one of the few okapis in existence; ..."
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