prong-hornedadj.
/ˈprɒŋhɔːnd/, U.S. /ˈprɔŋˌ(h)ɔrnd/, /ˈprɑŋˌ(h)ɔrnd/ prong-horned antelope n. = pronghorn n. 1.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > family Antilocapridae (pronghorn antelope)
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a1815 G. Ord N. Amer. Zool. (1894) 308 The Prong-Horned Antelope is found in great numbers on the plains and the high-lands of the Missouri.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man ii. viii. 234 In the prong-horned antelope, only a few of the females..have horns.
1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xv. 188 The prong-horned antelope, native to the plains and hills of the Western United States has many superficial points of resemblance to the true antelopes.
1965 C. A. Dambach in G.-H. Smith Conservation of Natural Resources xviii. 389 Prong-horned antelope lived on the plains in numbers equal to, if not greater than, the bison.
2004 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune (Nexis) 25 Oct. The most amazing of the boy paleontologists' discoveries was a set of four-pronged antlers belonging to..a creature that..probably resembled today's pronghorned antelope.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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