bongo
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- noun
- /ˈbɑŋɡoʊ/
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antílope bongo
- He knew that couldn't be true, for he had fleeting memories of playing with his brothers and sisters and of stalking the kudu and the bongo on the tree-covered mountain where he grew up.
- bongo antelope
- eastern bongo
Examples
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Master, what's a bongo?
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A few of the interesting animals I saw were the bongos.
Blog text (8) -
The bongo player stands. # ROBERTA #
Fiction book (1999) -
Should I unpack my bongos?
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While visiting the wildlife sanctuary, we were thrilled to see a bongo grazing peacefully among the trees.
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The bongo, a striking antelope with white stripes, can often be found in the dense forests of central Africa.
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At the zoo, the children were excited to learn about the bongo, an endangered species that thrives in the shadows of the rainforest.
Synonyms
A large forest antelope like a deer from central Africa with reddish brown fur, white stripes and twisted horns
A large reddish-brown forest antelope with white stripes and long twisted horns from Central Africa
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bongo for the forest antelope comes from a local African name for the animal, so it is simply the native name for this reddish-brown, striped antelope of central Africa.