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bon·go 1 B0384300 (bŏng′gō, bông′-)n. pl. bon·gos A large, forest-dwelling antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus) of central and western Africa, having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and lyre-shaped, spirally twisted horns. [Of Bantu origin; akin to Lingala mongu, antelope.]
bon·go 2 B0384300 (bŏng′gō, bông′-)n. pl. bon·gos or bon·goes One of a pair of connected tuned drums that are played by beating with the hands. [American Spanish bongó, probably of West African origin.]bongo (ˈbɒŋɡəʊ) n, pl -go or -gos (Animals) a rare spiral-horned antelope, Boocercus (or Taurotragus) eurycerus, inhabiting forests of central Africa. The coat is bright red-brown with narrow cream stripes[of African origin]
bongo (ˈbɒŋɡəʊ) n, pl -gos or -goes (Instruments) a small bucket-shaped drum, usually one of a pair, played by beating with the fingers[American Spanish, probably of imitative origin]
Bongo (ˈbɒŋɡəʊ) n (Biography) Omar. original name Albert Bernard Bongo. 1935–2009, Gabonese statesman; president of Gabon (1967–2009)bon•go1 (ˈbɒŋ goʊ, ˈbɔŋ-) n., pl. -gos, (esp. collectively) -go. a reddish brown antelope, Tragelaphuseuryceros, of tropical Africa, having white stripes and large, spirally twisted horns. [1860–65] bon•go2 (ˈbɒŋ goʊ, ˈbɔŋ-) n., pl. -gos, -goes. one of a pair of small tuned drums, played by beating with the fingers. [1915–20, Amer.; < American Spanish bongó] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | bongo - a small drum; played with the handsbongo drumdrum, membranophone, tympan - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end | | 2. | bongo - large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral hornsBoocercus eurycerus, Tragelaphus eurycerusantelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diksgenus Strepsiceros, genus Tragelaphus, Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus - African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks | Translationsbongo
bongo (bŏng`gō), spiral-horned antelopeantelope, name applied to any of a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the bison, buffalo, sheep, and goats. Found in Africa and Eurasia, they range in size from pygmy antelopes, 12 in. ..... Click the link for more information. , Tragelaphus eurycerus, found in jungles and thick bamboo forests of equatorial Africa. Shy, elusive animals, bongos never emerge into the open and are seldom seen; they browse singly or in small groups. Related to the kuduskudu , either of two oshort-haired African antelopes of genus Tragelaphus. The greater kudu, T. strepsiceros, has a reddish brown coat with thin vertical white stripes on its sides. ..... Click the link for more information. and bushbucksbushbuck, either of two small, delicate, spiral-horned antelopes of sub-Saharan Africa, the imbabala (Tragelaphus sylvaticus) and the kéwel (T. scriptus), formerly classified as a single species. ..... Click the link for more information. , they are fairly large, heavy-bodied antelopes, with males standing 4 ft (120 cm) at the shoulder. Both sexes have horns; in the male these are up to 3 ft (90 cm) long. The body is rich chestnut brown with narrow white stripes running across the back and down the sides, a pattern that provides excellent camouflage in dense thickets. There are western, or lowland, and eastern, or mountain, subspecies; the latter is found only in Kenya. Bongos have been much prized as trophies by big-game hunters. They are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata , phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals. ..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae.bongo1 a rare spiral-horned antelope, Boocercus (or Taurotragus) eurycerus, inhabiting forests of central Africa. The coat is bright red-brown with narrow cream stripes
bongo2 a small bucket-shaped drum, usually one of a pair, played by beating with the fingers BongoA visual interface builder for Java originally from Marimba and later released into the public domain. Bongo output featured a variety of ready-to-use controls, known as "interface widgets."BONGO
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Synonyms for bongonoun a small drumSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral hornsSynonyms- Boocercus eurycerus
- Tragelaphus eurycerus
Related Words- antelope
- genus Strepsiceros
- genus Tragelaphus
- Strepsiceros
- Tragelaphus
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