[Sechuana kgokoñ or khokong.] A large antelope (Antilope taurina) of South Africa.
1806. Sir J. Barrow, Journ. Leetakoo, 409. It was called by the Booshuanas the Kokoon.
1824. Burchell, Trav., II. x. 278. The Bichuanas call it Kokūn (Kokoon), or rather, with a nasal sound of the n, Kokūng (Kokoong).
1834. Penny 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.
1857. Livingstone, Trav., vii. 135. The kokong or gnu, kama or hartebeest … and the giraffe.
