*kap*

‖n. [ G. ] (Mus.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. ] (Mus.) See Capellmeister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name. ] (Min.) The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) See Capnomor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. the native name. ] (Bot.) A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. pl.; sing. Kickapoo /sing>. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region of Northern Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name on the borders of Belgian Congo, possibly the same word as Mpongwe okapo lean. ] A peculiar mammal (Okapia johnstoni) closely related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Congo 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. A genus of mammals comprising the okapis.
Syn. -- genus Okapia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]