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pronghorn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From prong + horn.

Meanings

1. A North American mammal, Antilocapra americana, that resembles an antelope.
   • If historical records are accurate, the current population of about 250 pronghorn in the northern range is less than 15% of that in the early 1900s (YNP 1997) (Figure 4–7). 2002, National Research Council, Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range, unnumbered page:
   • For the 10-year period 1981-90 an additional 736 pronghorns were transplanted within the state. During 1980-90, pronghorn occupied about 13.5 million acres in the Trans-Pecos, High Plains, Rolling Plains, and Edwards Plateau ecological regions. 2011, Ted L. Clark, “13: Wildlife Management Programs, Goals, and Issues: The State Perspective, 1990”, in Raymond C. Telfair II, editor, Texas Wildlife Resources and Land Uses, page 220:
   • When a pronghorn breaks into an easy, rocking canter (a 30 miles per hour pace that it can keep up indefinitely), the humerus swings back and forth over just a few inches with each stride. Only when a pronghorn stretches into a gallop does the humerus appear to be swinging freely, and then the hoof travels several yards with each stride. 2009, John A. Byers, Built for Speed: A Year in the Life of Pronghorn, page 6:

Forms

Synonyms

pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana)

Translations (50)

de Gabelhornantilope (North American mammal) · nn gaffelbukk (North American mammal) · nn prærieantilope (North American mammal) · nn gaffelantilope (North American mammal) · nb gaffelbukk (North American mammal) · it antilocapra (North American mammal) · de Gabelhornträger (North American mammal) · nv jádí (North American mammal) · kyh yupínsiih (North American mammal) · fr antilocapre f antilope d’Amérique (North American mammal) · yue 叉角羚 (North American mammal) · de Gabelantilope (North American mammal) · pt antílope-americano (North American mammal) · fi hanka-antilooppi (North American mammal) · nb gaffelantilope (North American mammal) · ro antilocapră (North American mammal) · ru вилоро́г (North American mammal) · cmn 叉角羚 (North American mammal) · csm só·koju- (North American mammal) · nhn teotlalmazatl (North American mammal) · pt antilocapra (North American mammal) · ga biorbheannach (North American mammal) · de Pronghorn (North American mammal) · nb prærieantilope (North American mammal) · bg виторога антилопа (North American mammal) · ca antílop americà (North American mammal) · cs vidloroh (North American mammal) · sv gaffelbock (North American mammal) · apw jaage (North American mammal) · lkt ikpísaŋla (North American mammal) · da gaffelantilope (North American mammal) · chl tenill (North American mammal) · es berrendo (North American mammal) · ko 가지뿔 영양 (North American mammal) · arp nisíce (North American mammal) · nai-kum kwa nyilly (North American mammal) · da gaffelbuk (North American mammal) · nci teotlalmazatl (North American mammal) · sv gaffelantilop (North American mammal) · ru вилоро́гая антило́па (North American mammal) · hu villásszarvú antilop (North American mammal) · xgf toonar (North American mammal) · de Gabelhorntier (North American mammal) · de Gabelbock (North American mammal) · pl widłoróg amerykański (North American mammal) · gl antílope americano (North American mammal) · fr cabrée (North American mammal) · yuf 'm'ul (North American mammal) · pao tɨnna (North American mammal) · el αντιλοκάπρα (North American mammal)