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▪ I. ‖ kokoon, kokong, n.1|kəʊˈkuːn, kəʊˈkɒŋ|
[Sechuana kgokoñ or khokong.]
A large antelope (Antilope taurina) of South Africa.
1806Sir J. Barrow Journ. Leetakoo 409 It was called by the Booshuanas the Kokoon. 1822W. J. Burchell Trav. II. x. 278 The Bichuanas call it Kokun (Kokoon), or rather, with a nasal sound of the N, Kokung (Kokoong). 1834Penny Cycl. II. 91/1 The habits and manners of the kokoon closely resemble those of the gnu, but it possesses neither the speed, spirit, nor activity of that animal. 1857Livingstone Trav. vii. 135 The kokong or gnu, kama or hartebeest..and the giraffe.
▪ II. ‖ kokoon, n.2|kəʊˈkuːn|
[Sinhalese.]
A large forest tree, Kokoona zeylanica, growing in the central provinces of Ceylon.
1866Treas. Bot. 650/1. |