BONGO

I. noun (plural ~s; also ~es) Etymology: American Spanish bongó Date: 1920 one of a pair of small connected drums of different sizes and pitches played with the hands, ~ist noun II. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: probably from Kele (Bantu language of Gabon) Date: 1861 an African antelope ( Tragelaphus eurycerus syn. Boocerus euryceros ) that is chestnut red with narrow white vertical stripes and is found in forests from Sierra Leone to Kenya