Definition of Pronghorns

1. Noun. (plural of pronghorn) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pronghorns

1. pronghorn [n] - See also: pronghorn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pronghorns

pronephros
pronephroses
proner
prones
pronest
proneur
proneural
proneuronal
proneurs
prong
prongbuck
prongbucks
pronged
pronghorn antelope
pronghorns (current term)
pronging
prongs
prongy
pronic
pronities
pronity
pronk
pronked
pronking
pronks
pronoia
pronomial
pronominal
pronominal adverb

Literary usage of Pronghorns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"pronghorns have phenomenal running endurance in addition to their speed. ... Equipped with a large heart and a large diameter trachea, pronghorns run with ..."

2. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark V-2 of 3 by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"Surprisingly, no information was recorded by either Lewis or Clark on territorial disputes occurring between dominant male pronghorns and other subordinate ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Ru'minants, herbivorous split-hoofed animals, characterized especially by chewing the cud; they include the camels and llamas, giraffes, deer, pronghorns, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The first section includes the giraffe (although no external antlers arise), the deer and pronghorns; and the other the antelopes and the sheep, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... and two — the pronghorns and musk ox — are peculiar to it In most, no incisor or canine teeth exist in the upper jaw, the place of these being supplied ..."

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