: one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
also
: a branch of an antler
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Hit those antlers together and mock up a big buck fight.
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 24 Oct. 2024
Shards of caribou bones and antlers lie on the tundra as ghostly business cards of a bygone migration, greened with mold, and minutely chiseled and mined for calcium by tiny vole teeth.
—Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
The showstopper is to make a caramel mousse cake, but sadly, none of them had antlers.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
This is because in the spring, the deer will rub their antlers again.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2024
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 24 Oct. 2024
Shards of caribou bones and antlers lie on the tundra as ghostly business cards of a bygone migration, greened with mold, and minutely chiseled and mined for calcium by tiny vole teeth.
—Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
The showstopper is to make a caramel mousse cake, but sadly, none of them had antlers.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
This is because in the spring, the deer will rub their antlers again.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Antler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antler. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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