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antler Noun one of a pair of branched horns on the heads of male deer [Old French antoillier]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations antler n antler [ˈӕntlə] a deer's horn. gewei شُعَب وقَرْن الأيّل рог paroh gevir; horn das Geweih κέρατο ελαφιού cuerna, cornamenta hirve sarv شاخ hirvensarvet bois קֶרֶן मृगशृड़्ग jelenji rog agancs tanduk rusa hjartar-/hreindÿrshorn corno 鹿の枝角 (사슴의) 가지진 뿔 elnio ragas brieža rags tanduk rusa geweitak gevir, horn róg armação corn de cerb олений рог paroh rog rog (jelena) []horn เขากวาง geyik boynuzu 鹿角 оленячий ріг ہرن کا سینگ gạc hươu/ nai 鹿角 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| These tendencies, I do not doubt, may be mastered more or less completely by natural selection: thus a family of stags once existed with an antler only on one side; and if this had been of any great use to the breed it might probably have been rendered permanent by natural selection. Away bounded the Hart, and soon, by the aid of his nimble legs, was nearly out of sight of the Hunter; but not noticing where he was going, he passed under some trees with branches growing low down in which his antlers were caught, so that the Hunter had time to come up. I am as ready to do the one as the other; but to fight the Iroquois 'tis necessary to find the skulkers; and to eat,'tis necessary to get the game--talk of the devil and he will come; there is a pair of the biggest antlers I have seen this season, moving the bushes below the hill |
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