Pronk

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pronk \pronk\ v. i.
     To jump straight up or almost straight up; -- used of
     kangaroos and gazelles.
     [WordNet 1.5]
  
     Note: Some less common gaits used only by few animals are the


           ricochet, the pronk and the bound. The ricochet is the
           gait principally employed by a class of animals such as
           the kangaroo. The pronk is a gait used by quadrupeds
           such as gazelle and it is equivalent to the ricochet
           except that both the front and back sets of of feet
           perform the same action. The bound is used by a few
           small quadrupeds such as squirrels and dogs. In the
           bound support alternates between pairs of legs, with
           the fore and hind acting to push the body forward.
                                                    --Ionnas
                                                    Poulakakis
  
                                                    (http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~poulakas/legged_locomotion/gaits.html)
           [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pronk
       v : jump straight up; "kangaroos pronk"