pronghorns
- plural of pronghorn.
Example Sentences
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"These results help us understand the evolutionary history of horns and antlers and could suggest that differences in other ruminant cranial appendages, like ossicones and pronghorns, are also elaborations on a shared ancestral cranial appendage."
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway Energy hired an ecological consulting firm for advice about ways to minimize the project’s impacts on the kit foxes and wildlife, from rodents to pronghorns, at the Topaz site.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 6, 2021
Sara DiRienzo, a spokeswoman for the agency, said that the officer delivered an official warning — chasing pronghorns is a form of wildlife harassment — but no citation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2020
Tourists come to gawk at elk, pronghorns, antelopes and mule deer — and also shoot them in organized hunts on public and private land.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2015
The bright-eyed pronghorns swerved; and the band split wide, and the horse dashed through.
From The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country by Seton, Ernest Thompson
