单词 | bongo antelope |
释义 | > as lemmasbongo antelope More fully bongo antelope. A large antelope of West and Central African forests, Tragelaphus eurycerus, having a reddish-brown coat with thin vertical whitish stripes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Tragelaphinae > genus Tragelaphus (tragelaph) > other types of bran-deer1774 kudu1777 bongo1861 sitatunga1881 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. xvi. facing p. 306 (caption) The Bongo Antelope... The chief features of the animal are the stripes on each side. 1902 O. Thomas in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 10 309 No evidence as yet exists as to whether the true western Bongo has horns in the female. 1911 T. Roosevelt in Ld. Charnwood T. Roosevelt (1923) 243 He had killed a bongo, a bull. 1964 E. P. Walker et al. Mammals of World II. 1418/1 Bongos live in the densest, most tangled parts of the forest. 2006 Independent 8 Aug. 10/3 Chester Zoo is experiencing a baby boom, including several first births such as..two hornbill chicks and a bongo antelope calf. < as lemmas |
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