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Definition of Pronghorn

1. Noun. Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns.

Definition of Pronghorn

1. n. An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabrée, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.

Definition of Pronghorn

1. Noun. A North American mammal, ''Antilocapra americana'', resembling an antelope, also called '''pronghorn antelope'''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pronghorn

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Literary usage of Pronghorn

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

1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"The primary reason for this is that Sonoran pronghorn were first afforded separate taxonomic status in 1947 (Goldman 1945); after widespread population ..."

2. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"The true antelope family is not represented in North America, but the pronghorn and the Rocky Mountain white goat are locally called antelopes. ..."

3. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"COURSING THE pronghorn. CAPT. EL MUNSON, USA My friend the ranchman shook his head doubtfully as he warmed his numbed fingers before the red hot stove at ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1867)
"V. ЛУ. Farrar on the teaching of, at public schools, 72. among, 07. Sclater (Dr. PL1 on the systematic position of the pronghorn ..."

5. The Deer Family by Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Strong Van Dyke, Daniel Giraud Elliot, Andrew Jackson Stone (1902)
"CHAPTER IV THE pronghorn ANTELOPE THE ... or pronghorn antelope, known throughout its range simply as antelope, is a very extraordinary creature, ..."

6. Sporting Adventures in the Far West by John Mortimer Murphy (1879)
"... experienced hounds hunt the antelope—Stalking and its result—Playful lawns—Stags and wolves—Fate of the antelope. THE American antelope or pronghorn ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1889)
"The movement was marked in a greater degree in the pronghorn than in any ... Comparing the foot of the pronghorn with that of the llama in which such a ..."

8. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1907)
"A half century ago the range of the pronghorn in the plains region extended ... The present distribution and numbers of the pronghorn are a sad commentary ..."

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