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pronghorn \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun also pronghorn antelope \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\; or prong-horned antelope \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷-\ (plural pronghorn also pronghorns) Etymology: pronghorn from prong-horned (antelope), from prong (I) + horned : a ruminant mammal (Antilocapra americana) of unforested parts of western No. America that is yellowish tawny above and about the neck and white below with a white rump patch and that has slightly curved horns with a lateral prong which are present in both sexes and which resemble the bovine horns in having a bony core but have a deciduous horny sheath that is replaced annually
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