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PRONGHORN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pronghorn mean?
• PRONGHORN (noun)
The noun PRONGHORN has 1 sense:
1. fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
Familiarity information: PRONGHORN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American antelope; Antilocapra americana; prongbuck; pronghorn; pronghorn antelope
Hypernyms ("pronghorn" is a kind of...):
ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)
Holonyms ("pronghorn" is a member of...):
Antilocapra; genus Antilocapra (type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species)
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