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prong⋅horn

[prawng-hawrn, prong-]
–noun, plural -horns, (especially collectively) -horn.
a fleet, antelopelike ruminant, Antilocapra americana, of the plains of western North America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
Also called pronghorn antelope.


Origin:
1805–15; prong + horn
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prong·horn   (prông'hôrn', prŏng'-)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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