Definition of "zeekoe" []

• Hippopotamus (noun)

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• "With a cry that resembled the combined snorting of a hog and the neighing of a horse, the "zeekoe" faced back towards the lagoon; but, instead of moving off, it commenced turning slowly round and round, as a dog may be sometimes seen to do before laying himself down to repose."
• "Herodotus, Aristotle, Diodorus, and Pliny have all given descriptions more or less correct of the hippopotamus, river-horse, or zeekoe"
• "Many of the Cape colonists are very fond of what they call "zeekoe speek," which is a portion of the flesh salted and preserved."