prongbuck


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prongbuck

(ˈprɒŋˌbʌk)
n
(Animals) a pronghorn antelope from North America
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Noun 1. [画像:prongbuck - fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns]prongbuck - fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
Antilocapra, genus Antilocapra - type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species
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