horn of animals in the deer family
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Antler Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
antler
\ant"ler\ (&?;), n. [oe. auntelere, of. antoillier, andoiller, endouiller, fr. f. andouiller, fr. an assumed ll. antocularis, fr. l. ante before + oculus eye. see ocular.] (zo?l.) the entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. huge stags with sixteen antlers.
note: the branch next to the head is called the brow antler, and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay antler. the main stem is the beam, and the branches are often called tynes. antlers are deciduous bony (not horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while growing. see velvet.
antler
moth (zo?l.), a destructive european moth (cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.
similar words(6)
antler moth
rusine antler
bez-antler
bes-antler
crown antler
bay-antler
Noun
1. deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
(hypernym) horn
(part-holonym) deer, cervid
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Antler Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Antlers are the usually large, branching bony appendages on the heads of males of most deer species.
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