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Okapi vs Ossicone - What's the difference?

okapi | ossicone |

As nouns the difference between okapi and ossicone

is that okapi is 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 while ossicone is the horn-like (or antler-like) protuberances on the heads of giraffes, male okapi and their extinct relatives.

okapi

English

(wikipedia okapi)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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 , , "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.

    ossicone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The horn-like (or antler-like) protuberances on the heads of giraffes, male okapi and their extinct relatives.