PRONGBUCK

pronghorn, prongbuck, pronghorn antelope, American antelope, Antilocapra americana

(noun) fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

prongbuck (plural prongbucks)

The springbok.

The pronghorn.

Source: Wiktionary


Prong"buck`, n. (Zoƶl.) (a) The springbuck. (b) The pronghorn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 November 2024

POPULATED

(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; ā€œthe area is well populatedā€; ā€œforests populated with all kinds of wild lifeā€


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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