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BONGO
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Irregular inflected form: bongoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
Synonyms:
bongo; Boocercus eurycerus; Tragelaphus eurycerus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bongo" is a kind of...):
antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)
Holonyms ("bongo" is a member of...):
genus Strepsiceros; genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; Tragelaphus (African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small drum; played with the hands
Synonyms:
bongo; bongo drum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bongo" is a kind of...):
drum; membranophone; tympan (a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end)
