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antler

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ant·ler  (ntlr)
n.
One of a pair of hornlike, bony, deciduous growths, usually elongated and branched, on the head of a deer, moose, elk, caribou, or other member of the deer family.

[Middle English aunteler, from Old French antoillier, from Vulgar Latin *antoculre, anteoculre : Latin ante-, ante- + Latin oculris, of the eye; see ocular.]

antlered adj.
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antler
top to bottom: roe deer, elk, and moose antlers

antler [ˈæntlə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) one of a pair of bony outgrowths on the heads of male deer and some related species of either sex. The antlers are shed each year and those of some species grow more branches as the animal ages
[from Old French antoillier, from Vulgar Latin anteoculare (unattested) (something) in front of the eye]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.antler - deciduous horn of a member of the deer familyantler - deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
horn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
Translations
antler [ˈæntləʳ] Ncuerna f, asta f antlerscornamenta fsing

antler
nGeweihstange f; (set or pair of) antlersGeweih nt

antler [ˈæntləʳ] npalco antlers nplcorna fpl

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 sarvi bois קֶרֶן मृगशृड़्ग jelenji rog agancs tanduk rusa hjartar-/hreindÿrshorn corno 鹿の枝角 사슴 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


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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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