okapi


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Synonyms for okapi

similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs

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The Okapi calf was born on October 13, five days before the celebration of the World Okapi Day.
Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae in their necks as okapi and other animals do, but the bones are bigger.
In the meantime, he published a guide to the city of Lubumbashi before creating Palma Okapi Tours in 2005.
As figure 1 shows germination percentage of canola seeds cultivars Tassilo, Okapi, Elite, and Zarfam decreased significantly due to the addition of mannitol to medium.The maximum seed germination was observed in Tassilo as compared to control plants.
main plots were four levels of irrigation (control (irrigation after 80 mm evaporation from class A" pan IR1) no irrigation after the start of stem elongation stage (IR2) no irrigation after the start of flowering stage (IR3) and no irrigation after the start of podding stage (IR4)) and subplots were six rapeseed cultivars (Licord SLM046 Okapi Orient Zarfam and Opera).
Ivan Simonovic, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Radio Okapi)
Table 3 contains the correspondence between the parameters of the BM25 weighting algorithm and the TF-IDF with Okapi TF formulas, used in our experiments.
He visits a baby gorilla, a nervous okapi baby and attempts to delve into the mysteries of the Beast of Bodmin.
Des combats ont oppose des rebelles ougandais aux forces gouvernementales de la Republique democratique du Congo (RDC) a Kamango, une localite de la province du Nord-Kivu (est), proche de la frontiere avec l'Ouganda, a pres de 80 km de la ville de Beni, a annonce hier vendredi Radio Okapi.
In addition to the lesula, the surveys discovered that the forest is home to other rare and endangered species, including the okapi, Congo's endemic forest giraffe; and the bonobo; as well as 10 other species and subspecies of primates.
8DA FRIDAY'S SOLUTIONS WEE THINKER ACROSS: 7 Ceramic 9 Okapi 10 Cupid 11 Infancy 12 Ego 13 Take a bow 16 Original 17 Duo 19 Risotto 21 Clear 22 Maybe 23 Planted DOWN: 1 Icicles 2 Trapdoor 3 Amid 4 Golf ball 5 Vain 6 Libya 8 Chicken soup 13 Together 14 Oddments 15 Corrode 18 Grime 20 Skye 21 Chat QUICKIE ACROSS: 1 Flower power 8 Ale 9 Yap 11 Meaning 12 Sieve 13 Ben 14 Sea 15 At least 17 Rib 19 Oath 21 Owed 23 Beet 25 Soya 27 End 29 Rat race 31 Add 34 Bat 36 Guest 37 Terrace 38 Elm 39 Lid 40 Loud--mouthed.
Teachers spend 45 minutes describing an okapi when they could spend 45 seconds displaying one with the LCD projector and asking students to describe the features they see on that strange-looking animal!
Radio Okapi, a local, UN-backed radio station said those on the boat had estimated that almost 300 people had been on board, as well as several tonnes of cargo.