1. A small drum; played with the hands
   "The percussionist tapped out a lively rhythm on the bongo drum";
   - bongo drum
    
2. Large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
   "The elusive bongo moves silently through the dense forest undergrowth";
   - Tragelaphus eurycerus, Boocercus eurycerus

Derived forms: bongoes, bongos

Type of: antelope, drum, membranophone, tympan

Part of: genus Strepsiceros, genus Tragelaphus, Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus

Encyclopedia: Bongo, Ivory Coast