Antler

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • 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.
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  • n. a branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Originally, the first tine or branch of the horns of a deer.
  • n. Any of the principal tines or branches of a deer's horns: with a descriptive prefix or epithet. (See below.)
  • n. Now, when used absolutely, one of the solid deciduous horns of the Cervidœ, or deer family, which are periodically shed and renewed, as distinguished from the permanent hollow horns of other ruminants.
  • n. Same as antler-moth.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
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