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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

bongo , spiral-horned antelope , Boocercus 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. 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. Bongos have been much prized as trophies by big-game hunters. They are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bon·go¹ / ˈbänggō; ˈbông-/ (also bongo drum) • n. (pl. -gos or -goes) either of a pair of small, long-bodied drums typically held between the knees and played with the fingers.

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bon·go² • n. (pl. same or -os) a forest antelope (Tragelaphus euryceros) that has a chestnut coat with narrow white vertical stripes, native to central Africa.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bongo •Hidalgo •charango, Durango, fandango, mango, Okavango, quango, Sango, tango •Glasgow •Argo, argot, cargo, Chicago, embargo, escargot, farrago, largo, Margot, Otago, Santiago, virago •Lego • Marengo •Diego, galago, Jago, lumbago, sago, Tierra del Fuego, Tobago, Winnebago •amigo, ego, Vigo •bingo, dingo, Domingo, flamingo, gringo, jingo, lingo •Bendigo • indigo • archipelago •vertigo • Sligo •doggo, logo •bongo, Congo, drongo, Kongo, pongo •a-gogo, go-go, pogo, Togo •Hugo •fungo, mungo •ergo, Virgo

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