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prong-horned, a.|ˈprɒŋˌhɔːnd|
[f. prong n.2 + horned a.]
In prong-horned antelope: A North American ruminant (Antilocapra americana), resembling a deer, the male of which has hollow deciduous horns with a short ‘prong’ or snag in front; popularly reckoned as an antelope, but scientifically regarded as the sole surviving representative of a distinct family Antilocapridæ. Also called cabrie or cabrit.
1815G. Ord N. Amer. Zool. (1894) 308 The Prong-Horned Antelope is found in great numbers on the plains and the high-lands of the Missouri. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 71/1 The prong-horned antelope seems..to have been associated [by the ancient Mexicans] with the deer, on account of its branched horns. 1871Darwin Desc. Man ii. viii. 234 In the prong-horned antelope, only a few of the females..have horns. |