Library / English Dictionary |
AMERICAN ANTELOPE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
Synonyms:
American antelope; Antilocapra americana; prongbuck; pronghorn; pronghorn antelope
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American antelope" is a kind of...):
ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)
Holonyms ("American antelope" is a member of...):
Antilocapra; genus Antilocapra (type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species)