prong|horn

prong|horn
prong|horn «PRNG HRN, PRONG-», noun, plural -horns or (collectively) -horn.
a ruminant mammal like an antelope, living on the plains of western North America. Both sexes have bony horns with one short branch or prong jutting forward and with a black covering which is shed annually.
[American English; short for earlier pronghorn(ed antelope)]

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