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bongo

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bongo

1
n
a small drum; played with the hands
2
n
large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bongo
1

n a small drum; played with the hands

Synonyms:
bongo drum
Type of:
drum, membranophone, tympan
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
2

n large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns

Synonyms:
Boocercus eurycerus, Tragelaphus eurycerus
Type of:
antelope
graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
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