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Bongo

noun

(pl. bongos, bongoes)

A small drum; played with the hands. Synonym: bongo drum.

Large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns. Synonyms: Boocercus eurycerus, Tragelaphus eurycerus.

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"Bongo" Quotes from Famous Books

... same family of spiral-horned antelopes are the kudu, the lesser kudu, the situtunga, the nyala, the bongo, and the lordly eland, king of all antelopes in size. The kudu is largely protected in East Africa, and in my shooting experience I was not in a district where he was to be found. The same was true with respect to the lesser kudu. The nyala is ...

— In Africa - Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country • John T. McCutcheon

Words linked to "Bongo" : genus Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus, tympan, genus Tragelaphus, drum, Strepsiceros, antelope, membranophone