Antler
['æntlə] or ['æntlɚ]
Definition
(n.) The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
Editor: Upton
Definition
n. a bony outgrowth from the frontal bones of deer—restricted to males except in the reindeer: branch of a stag's horn.—adj. Ant′lered.
Checked by Antoine
Examples
- Carved stags' heads, with real antlers, looked down grotesquely from the walls. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They drew on bones and antlers; they carved little figures. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even the poor deer, our antlered proteges, were obliged to fall for the sake of worthier pensioners. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Matt