okapi

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okapi englannista suomeksi

1. okapi

0. Substantiivi

1. okapi

okapi englanniksi

1. A large ruminant mammal, of species (taxlink), found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe but with a much shorter neck, a reddish-brown coat, and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters. (defdate)

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2. (quote-journal) &91;page 499, column 1&93; The coloration of the Okapi is quite extraordinary. (..) The hind quarters, hind and fore legs are either snowy white or pale cream color, touched here and there with orange. They are boldly marked, however, with purple-black stripes and splodges, which give that zebra-like appearance to the limbs of the Okapi that caused the first imperfect account of it to indicate the discovery of a new striped horse.

3. (quote-journal) Society of London|Zoological Society London; Messrs. Longmans, Green, and Co.,(nb...)|date=18 November 1902|volume=I|page=344|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.26726/page/n828/mode/1up|issn=0370-2774|oclc=1131321218|passage=Personally I esteem it a more fascinating and a more important task to investigate the relations of the Okapi with the Giraffe on the one hand, and its fossil relatives on the other.

4. (RQ:Saki Reginald)

5. (quote-journal)—so break up the surface of its large body and long legs as to cause it to fuse with the dark-brown, russet, while and yellow-white of the twigs and stems and leaf-stalks amongst which it moves. He also points out that the hoofs of the okapi are so closely pressed together that the footprint is almost like that of the single-toed donkey.

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9. okapi ((taxlink))

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