PRONGHORN ANTELOPE

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Meaning:

Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns

Synonyms:

American antelope; Antilocapra americana; prongbuck; pronghorn; pronghorn antelope

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pronghorn antelope" is a kind of...):

ruminant (any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments)

Holonyms ("pronghorn antelope" is a member of...):

Antilocapra; genus Antilocapra (type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species)

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