Definition of "kobong" []

• In West Australia, the totem animal of a clan. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In the former, however, there appears to be an unwillingness to destroy the object represented by the kobong or tiende that I have never observed in the latter."
• "This explanation of totemism squares very well with Sir George Grey's definition of a totem or kobong in Western Australia."
• "He says: “A certain mysterious connexion exists between a family and its kobong, so that a member of the family will never kill an animal of the species to which his kobong belongs, should he find it asleep; indeed he always kills it reluctantly, and never without affording it a chance to escape."