pronghorn
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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Origin of pronghorn
1- Also called pronghorn antelope.
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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 NewsIn 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-ScienceThe antelope is known as the pronghorn, because of a single small prong on each horn.
Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. MillsWolves and coyotes pursue the pronghorn in relays or capture it strategically through various kinds of mutual aid.
Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. MillsDavis 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 BeddardThe 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
/ (ˈprɒŋˌhɔːn) /
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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