pronghorn

[ prawng-hawrn, prong- ]

/ ˈprɔŋˌhɔrn, ˈprɒŋ- /

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noun, plural prong·horns, (especially collectively) prong·horn.

a fleet, antelopelike ruminant, Antilocapra americana, of the plains of western North America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.

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Also called pronghorn antelope.

Origin of pronghorn

First recorded in 1805–15; prong + horn

Words nearby pronghorn

prone, pronephros, prone pressure method, prong, pronged, pronghorn, prong key, pronominal, pronominalize, pronotum, pronoun

How to use pronghorn in a sentence

In Wyoming’s Red Desert, for instance, he’s studied how wild horses often drive antelope-like pronghorn from watering holes.
Wild donkeys and horses engineer water holes that help other species|Jonathan Lambert|April 29, 2021|Science News
In the huntThis is the first day of Wolfe’s fifth year trying to run down a pronghorn.
Can a hunter outrun an antelope? This ultra-marathoner is finding out.|By Christine Peterson/Outdoor Life|November 23, 2020|Popular-Science
The antelope is known as the pronghorn, because of a single small prong on each horn.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
Wolves and coyotes pursue the pronghorn in relays or capture it strategically through various kinds of mutual aid.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills

Davis said Capt. Bush allowed the soldiers with experience to use the Army rifles to hunt deer and pronghorn.
Trinity [Atomic test] Site|White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office
The Pronghorn is a gregarious creature running in bands of six up to hundreds.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
The pronghorn was also rare in the state and now has been extirpated as it has been in many other parts of Mxico.
The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico|Ticul Alvarez

British Dictionary definitions for pronghorn

pronghorn

/ (ˈprɒŋˌhɔːn) /

noun

a ruminant mammal, Antilocapra americana, inhabiting rocky deserts of North America and having small branched horns: family AntilocapridaeAlso called: American antelope

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