different between mammal vs okapi

English

Etymology

Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of Late Latin mammalis (“of the breast”), from Latin mamma (“breast”), perhaps cognate with mamma (mother).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæm?l/
• Hyphenation: mam?mal

Noun

mammal (plural mammals)

1. An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
2. (paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:mammal

Derived terms

Related terms

• mammarial
• mammary

Translations

English

Etymology

From Mvuba okapi.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /???k??pi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?(?)?k??pi/

Noun

okapi (plural okapis)

1. A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, 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.
   • 1904, ‘Saki’, "Reginald's Christmas Revel", Reginald:

     I used to listen to him with a rapt attention that I thought rather suited me, and then one day I quite modestly gave the dimensions of an okapi I had shot in the Lincolnshire fens.

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?okap?]
• Rhymes: -ap?

Noun

okapi f

1. okapi (large ruminant mammal)

Further reading

• okapi in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• okapi in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Mvuba okapi.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: oka?pi

Noun

okapi m (plural okapi's, diminutive okapietje n)

1. okapi

Finnish

Noun

okapi

1. okapi

Declension

Anagrams

• poika, pokia

Japanese

Romanization

okapi

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ocapi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?kapi/, [o?ka.pi]

Noun

okapi m (plural okapis)

1. okapi

Further reading

• “okapi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.