ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Antilocapra americana mean? 

• ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA has 1 sense:

1. fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns

  Familiarity information: ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Antilocapra americana" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Antilocapra americana" is a member of...):

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