pronghorn
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noun, plural prong·horns ( especially collectively ) prong·horn.
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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| Also called: American antelope a ruminant mammal, Antilocapra americana, inhabiting rocky deserts of North America and having small branched horns: family Antilocapridae | |
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Indigenous pronghorn are perhaps the fastest animals in the world.
Critical habitat has not been designated for the pronghorn.
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