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pronghorn
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prong·horn  (prônghôrn, prng-)
n. pl. pronghorn or prong·horns
A small ruminant mammal (Antilocapra americana) resembling an antelope and having small forked horns, found on western North American plains. Also called pronghorn antelope.
pronghorn [ˈprɒŋˌhɔːn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a ruminant mammal, Antilocapra americana, inhabiting rocky deserts of North America and having small branched horns: family Antilocapridae Also called American antelope
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Noun1.pronghorn - fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched hornspronghorn - fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
American antelope, Antilocapra americana, prongbuck, pronghorn antelope
ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
Antilocapra, genus Antilocapra - type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species
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In the canyon's rocks are embedded bones of three-toed horses, oreodonts (piglike animals), camels the size of deer, pronghorn antelopes, small mastodons and rhinoceroses - animals scientists believe came to the canyon 15 million years ago to feed off native grasses that have since largely disappeared and to drink at a lake that dried up perhaps 13 million years ago.
VISITORS FIND SCENIC POT OF GOLD AT END OF RAINBOW BASIN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In the canyon's rocks are embedded bones of three-toed horses, oreodonts (piglike animals), camels the size of deer, pronghorn antelopes, small mastodons and rhinoceroses - animals scientists believe came to the canyon 15 million years ago to feed off native grasses that have since largely disappeared and to drink at a lake that dried up perhaps 13 million years ago.
VISITORS FIND SCENIC POT OF GOLD AT END OF RAINBOW BASIN : ON LOCATION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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