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antlered

antlered

1 4.7
An animal, usually a male deer, with large branched bone growths on its head
  • adjective
  • /ˈæntlərd/
: con cuernos
  • In the wild, an antlered deer gracefully navigates through the forest.
  • antlered deer
  • antlered buck
  • antlered animal

Examples

  • To bend its antlered head, to sink teeth into its pillowy neck and drag it down, to feast without pangs of guilt...

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Many an antlered head looks up from under the glass-covered tabletop.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Above the mirror, a majestic-antlered elk stared out at the room through brown marble eyes.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Flanking the state arms are two antlered ungulates quite out of place in Ghanaian zoology.

    Academic text (2007)

  • On the wall across from us were two framed photographs of white-tailed deer, antlered bucks poised in haughty stances over rugged, snow-blanketed country.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The nature documentary featured many antlered animals, showcasing their unique behaviors.

  • During the winter months, antlered elk can be seen foraging for food in the snow.

Antonyms

antlerless
  • Jargon
7.7

An animal, especially a deer, without the hard branched horns on its head

How Antlered

antlered
1 4.7
antlerless
1 5.3

Surface Forms

antlered positive

Morphology

antlered = antler (transparent) = antler + ed

Clear adjectival formation from the noun 'antler' with '-ed' meaning 'having antlers', which a B1 learner can derive.

Etymology

Antlered comes from antler, the branched horn many deer and moose grow on their heads. Think of antlers as 'branches' on the head, so antlered means 'having antlers'.