Okapi
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A peculiar mammal (Okapia johnostoni) closely related to thegiraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Kongo in 1900. Itis smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that theneck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There isa small prominence on each frontal bone of the male. The color of thebody is chiefly reddish chestnut, the cheeks are yellowish white, andthe fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are stripedwith purplish black and cream color.
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n. pronounced OkayP. A native african mammal that is a cousin to the giraffe but has a much shorter neck and is alot more gangsta than old wack-ass giraffes. Better known as the unofficial mascot to the wider Okayplayer collective.
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an okapi is the short necked relative of a giraffe. It is dark brown and has striped legs like a zebra. the okapi can clean its ears with its tongue. it lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly know as Zaire. The okapi is on the endangered species list.
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The Okapi is a lockback or slipjoint knife originally produced in 1902 for export to Germany's colonies in Africa. The knife takes its name from the giraffe-like central African okapi. Okapi knives are mainly used by working-class people due to being very affordable and, while crude in appearance, are robust knives. Okapi knives are very popular in Southern Africa, but have a rather nefarious reputation as they are associated with criminals and street gangs. Due to the use of Okapis by criminals they have been nicknamed the
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Someone by then ame of Sarah S.
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an African animal, related to the giraffe , that is mainly brown with stripes of black and white around its legs and back part
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A large browsing mammal of the giraffe family that lives in the rainforests of northern Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire). It has a dark chestnut coat with stripes on the hindquarters and upper legs.
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