sokon.
/ˈsəʊkəʊ/ A species of anthropoid ape discovered by Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
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1870 D. Livingstone 24 Aug. in Last Jrnls. (1874) II. ii. 52 The soko, if large, would do well to stand for a picture of the Devil.
1875 Zoologist 10 4359 The soko is so cunning, and has such sharp eyes, that no one can stalk him in front without being seen.
1898 E. P. Evans Evol. Ethics ix. 343 Some species of monkeys, like the chimpanzees and sokos, get up concerts of their own.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1870- stroil
- strokable
- stroke
- stroke a person's ear
- stroke a person's ears
- stroke against the hair, the wrong way
- stroke against the hair, the wrong way of the hair
- stroke and strife
- stroke book
- stroke engraving
- stroke house
- stroke in
- stroke of battle
- stroke of business
- stroke of genius
- stroke of god's hand
- stroke of grace
- stroke of luck
- stroke of policy
- stroke of politics
- stroke of state
- stroke of the spear
- stroke one's poker
- stroke over
- stroke the fur the wrong way