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# pronghorn

noun (a pronghorn, pronghorns or pronghorn)

«pronghorn» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A deer-like animal of the grasslands of North America, with forked (pronged) horns, famous for being the fastest land animal in America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronghorn/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons the pronghorn is an example of speed and adaptation: it can run about 90 km/h (55 mph) and keep going much longer than a cheetah. Pupils in the USA and Canada may see them in the Great Plains. It is often wrongly called an antelope.

### Examples

- A pronghorn can run faster than a racehorse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronghorn/#x1)
- We saw pronghorns grazing in Wyoming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronghorn/#x2)
- The pronghorn's horns have a little fork, or prong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronghorn/#x3)
- Pronghorns can run fast for a long time, not just in short bursts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronghorn/#x4)
- Wolves and coyotes chase pronghorn on the prairie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronghorn/#x5)
- The pronghorn is the fastest land animal in North America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronghorn/#x6)

### Note

Plural: pronghorns, or pronghorn for a group. Often called "pronghorn antelope", but it is not a true antelope; its closest relatives are giraffes. It sheds the outer cover of its horns each year.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pronghorn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pronghorn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pronghorn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pronghorn.html) on Mova free.