OkapiO•ka´pi, n. [Native name on the borders of Belgian Kongo, possibly the same word as Mpongwe okapo lean.] A peculiar mammal ( Okapia johnostoni) closely related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Kongo in 1900. It is smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that the neck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male. The color of the body is chiefly reddish chestnut, the cheeks are yellowish white, and the fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are striped with purplish black and cream color.
Oke, n. [Turk. okkah, fr. Ar. ukiyah, wakiyah, prob. fr. Gr.,, an ounce, fr. L. uncia. Cf. Ounce a weight.] 1. A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2¾ pounds. 2. An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2½ pints.
OkeniteO´ken•ite, n. [Prob. from Lorenz Oken, a German naturalist.] (Min.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime.
OkerO´ker, n. (Min.) See Ocher.
OkraO´kra, n. (Bot.) An annual plant ( Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]
OkraO´kra, n. The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also a dish prepared with them; gumbo.