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Definition of Pronghorns
1. pronghorn [n] - See also: pronghorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pronghorns
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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