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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 hornsplay

  Familiarity information: PRONGHORN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRONGHORN (noun)


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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