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bongo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bongo has 2 senses
- bongo(n = noun.artifact) bongo drum - a small drum; played with the hands; Array is a kind of drum, membranophone, tympan
- bongo(n = noun.animal) boocercus eurycerus, tragelaphus eurycerus - large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns; Array is a kind of antelope
is a member of genus strepsiceros, genus tragelaphus, strepsiceros, tragelaphus
CIDE DICTIONARY
bongo, n.
Either of two large antelopes (Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, and Boöcercus isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
bongo, n.
Either of two large antelopes (Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, and Boöcercus isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
bongo, n.
one of a pair of attached small drums, each tuned to a different pitch, played by striking with the hands. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bongo, n. (pl. -os or -oes) either of a pair of small long-bodied drums usu. held between the knees and played with the fingers.
bongo, n. (pl. same or -os) a rare antelope, Tragelaphus euryceros, native to the forests of central Africa, having spiralled horns and a chestnut-red coat with narrow white vertical stripes.
Etymology
cf. Bangi mbangani, Lingala mongu
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