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sokos

sokos is the plural of soko.

Meaning of soko

Noun

soko (plural sokos)

  1. (dated) A species of African ape, supposedly a variety of the chimpanzee.
    • A soko alive was believed to be a good charm for rain; so one was caught, and the captor had the ends of two fingers and toes bitten off. The soko, or gorilla, always tries to bite off these parts, and has been known to overpower a young man and leave him without the ends of fingers and toes. […]...1875, Horace Waller, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa

Questions about sokos

What is sokos the plural of?
Sokos is the plural of soko.

Words near sokos in the dictionary

  1. Sokols
  2. Sokolsky
  3. Sokolskys
  4. SOKOP
  5. SoKor
  6. sokos
  7. Sokoto
  8. Sokotra
  9. Sokotri
  10. Sokołów
  11. Sokołów Podlaski

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