antler
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- noun
- /ˈæntlər/
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- Just like the elk, moose grow new antlers in late spring.
- deer antlers
- elk antlers
- horns and antlers
And I realize it's the huge antlers of a moose.
- And I realize it's the huge antlers of a moose.
- So something like antlers are an unfakeable signal.
- It's like, it's like holding on to a pillowcase full of deer antlers, you know?
- First one is a reindeer with garden rake for antlers.
- This jacket, dude, it has like the buttons are made out of like reindeer antlers.
- She mentions that they saw the skeleton of a deer, but they didn't go near it because the deers antlers didn't look right.
- Isn't there a species of deer or something that grew antlers that was so big that the entire species went extinct?
- Things like the brilliant plumage of Peacocks, sex differences like in, you know, stags for example, have these massive antlers and the females of the species do not.
- And they testosterone is what helps to promote that growth and the sharp antlers and the velvet coating coming off.
- They all see the kill, but sometimes the prey wins and and a big mail buck will will do that and fight with it's antlers.
Examples
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An old elk with a prodigious rack of antlers has come down out of the mountains.
Fiction book (1998) -
There was very little room in the hole, and the buck's antlers had deeply gouged the dirt walls.
Fiction book (1998) -
Does this say, "deer antler"?
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And I realize it's the huge antlers of a moose.
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I use antlers in all of my decorating.
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That's quite an antler collection he's got.
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A fishnet was drying on a rack made of the antlers of a moose.
Fiction book (1991) -
While we worked, the deer paced below, snorting, thrashing its antlers back and forth.
Fiction book (1998) -
Unlike deer, pronghorn have forked horns made of keratin, not antlers, which are bone.
Academic text (2007) -
I spotted a magnificent buck with a large antler during my hike in the forest.
Synonyms
The antler of an elk or a piece of that antler used for handles and decoration
An antler of a male deer or a plant with leaves like it
Compounds
- UK
A moth with white, branching marks on its front wings whose caterpillars eat grass
How Branched
Surface Forms
Etymology
Antler comes from an old word that meant 'branch' or 'horn', because antlers are branched horns that deer shed and regrow.