Definition of antler in English:

antler

noun ˈantləˈæntlər

1Each of the branched horns on the head of an adult deer (typically a male one), which are made of bone and are grown and cast annually.
（多指雄鹿由骨构成且每年一割的）鹿角，茸角
a stag's antlers
mass noun combs made of antler
Example sentencesExamples
- Female reindeer are the only deer species to grow antlers as well as the male, but they only sprout in winter.
- In most cervids, only males have antlers (but both sexes bear them in caribou).
- Remedies to right the imbalance include snake gallbladder, powdered deer antlers, and rhinoceros horn, as well as hundreds of different combinations of herbs.
- Bulls and cows in the Tsaatan herd grow velvety racks of antlers.
- Naked bone, such as antlers become after velvet is shed, cannot function in heat transmission because their blood supply is lost.
- None of the women, but three of the five men in the drawing have horns on their head; the elaborate branched antlers of the stag, curling horns of rams, and the pronged horns of the antelope.
- Reindeer, both wild and semi-domesticated, are the only members of the deer family in which both sexes grow antlers.
- The ditch around Stonehenge would have been dug using animal bones and deer antlers to loosen the underlying chalk.
- A Venetian-style chandelier cast from deer antlers was suspended above.
- The antlers of the giant deer, or Irish elk, grew as large as 10 feet across.
- The antler measurement provides a very precise time for the death of this animal, since caribou form and cast their antlers annually, and females keep theirs throughout the winter.
- After the fuzzy velvet is stripped off (sometimes in sparring matches which precede the rut), the antlers of both males and females become a pure, shining white.
- One possibility is sexual selection: a brightly colored male fish or a male deer sporting large antlers may have a better chance of attracting or fighting for mates than males that lack such traits.
- If you remember your zoology classes well, a ‘stag’ is also a male deer, with antlers.
- Teeth from a woolly rhino were also found, with a reindeer antler and a deer bone that had been split to extract the marrow.
- The mammalian liver can regenerate if a part of it is removed, the antlers of male deer regenerate each year, and fractured bones can mend by a regenerative process.
- Except for female caribou, only male deer grow antlers, which they shed each year.
- The principal season for deer harvest was August to January, based on patterns of mandibular tooth eruption and antlers attached to male crania.
- Female reindeer rule over males during the short season when males have shed their antlers prior to growing new ones and the females have not yet shed theirs.
- Meanwhile, Lister cast doubt on another possible explanation for the deer's demise - the male's huge antlers.
1. 1.1 Each of the branches on an antler.
  角枝
  Example sentencesExamples
  The branch next to the head is called the brow antler.
  The two branch fork antlers are yellowish-red in the surface and have sparse, rough hair.
  Here's a closeup of Mike now that his velvet has vanished, showing the injury on his right brow antler.
  They grow from pedicles that form at puberty and which, in time, become permanent protuberances from where antlers bud and are cast seasonally.
  If you are lucky enough to live on the outskirts of a forest, there is a great chance that you will spy an antler or two, usually at dusk.

Derivatives

antlered

adjective ˈantlədˈæntlərd

We also watched a fine antlered stag grazing on succulent bushes, our approach masked by the sound of a waterfall.
Example sentencesExamples
- And they expect all manner of antlered creatures to bound out into the road, even in the middle of Penicuik.
- They had been beaten out of strips and sheets of brass and depicted a number of themes: a hunter with a bow and arrow shooting an antlered deer, people riding an elephant, two snakes, two women holding hands.
- Look into their big old reindeer eyes and you'll wish you could love those wise-cracking antlered darlings to pieces, but then they lumber into the air and break the spell.
- I now realise it's actually a feeding station for large antlered beasts of the night.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally denoting the lowest (forward-directed) branch of the antler): from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French antoillier, of unknown origin.

Definition of antler in US English:

antler

nounˈæntlərˈantlər

1Each of the branched horns on the head of an adult deer (typically a male one), which are made of bone and are grown and cast annually.
（多指雄鹿由骨构成且每年一割的）鹿角，茸角
a stag's antlers
mass noun combs made of antler
Example sentencesExamples
- The principal season for deer harvest was August to January, based on patterns of mandibular tooth eruption and antlers attached to male crania.
- After the fuzzy velvet is stripped off (sometimes in sparring matches which precede the rut), the antlers of both males and females become a pure, shining white.
- None of the women, but three of the five men in the drawing have horns on their head; the elaborate branched antlers of the stag, curling horns of rams, and the pronged horns of the antelope.
- Reindeer, both wild and semi-domesticated, are the only members of the deer family in which both sexes grow antlers.
- Female reindeer rule over males during the short season when males have shed their antlers prior to growing new ones and the females have not yet shed theirs.
- Except for female caribou, only male deer grow antlers, which they shed each year.
- In most cervids, only males have antlers (but both sexes bear them in caribou).
- A Venetian-style chandelier cast from deer antlers was suspended above.
- Meanwhile, Lister cast doubt on another possible explanation for the deer's demise - the male's huge antlers.
- The ditch around Stonehenge would have been dug using animal bones and deer antlers to loosen the underlying chalk.
- If you remember your zoology classes well, a ‘stag’ is also a male deer, with antlers.
- The antlers of the giant deer, or Irish elk, grew as large as 10 feet across.
- Bulls and cows in the Tsaatan herd grow velvety racks of antlers.
- Female reindeer are the only deer species to grow antlers as well as the male, but they only sprout in winter.
- Naked bone, such as antlers become after velvet is shed, cannot function in heat transmission because their blood supply is lost.
- Remedies to right the imbalance include snake gallbladder, powdered deer antlers, and rhinoceros horn, as well as hundreds of different combinations of herbs.
- One possibility is sexual selection: a brightly colored male fish or a male deer sporting large antlers may have a better chance of attracting or fighting for mates than males that lack such traits.
- The antler measurement provides a very precise time for the death of this animal, since caribou form and cast their antlers annually, and females keep theirs throughout the winter.
- Teeth from a woolly rhino were also found, with a reindeer antler and a deer bone that had been split to extract the marrow.
- The mammalian liver can regenerate if a part of it is removed, the antlers of male deer regenerate each year, and fractured bones can mend by a regenerative process.
1. 1.1 Each of the branches on a set of antlers.
  角枝
  Example sentencesExamples
  Here's a closeup of Mike now that his velvet has vanished, showing the injury on his right brow antler.
  They grow from pedicles that form at puberty and which, in time, become permanent protuberances from where antlers bud and are cast seasonally.
  The branch next to the head is called the brow antler.
  If you are lucky enough to live on the outskirts of a forest, there is a great chance that you will spy an antler or two, usually at dusk.
  The two branch fork antlers are yellowish-red in the surface and have sparse, rough hair.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally denoting the lowest (forward-directed) branch of the antler): from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French antoillier, of unknown origin.

词汇	antler
释义	Definition of antler in English: antler noun ˈantləˈæntlər 1Each of the branched horns on the head of an adult deer (typically a male one), which are made of bone and are grown and cast annually. （多指雄鹿由骨构成且每年一割的）鹿角，茸角 a stag's antlers mass noun combs made of antler Example sentencesExamples Female reindeer are the only deer species to grow antlers as well as the male, but they only sprout in winter. In most cervids, only males have antlers (but both sexes bear them in caribou). Remedies to right the imbalance include snake gallbladder, powdered deer antlers, and rhinoceros horn, as well as hundreds of different combinations of herbs. Bulls and cows in the Tsaatan herd grow velvety racks of antlers. Naked bone, such as antlers become after velvet is shed, cannot function in heat transmission because their blood supply is lost. None of the women, but three of the five men in the drawing have horns on their head; the elaborate branched antlers of the stag, curling horns of rams, and the pronged horns of the antelope. Reindeer, both wild and semi-domesticated, are the only members of the deer family in which both sexes grow antlers. The ditch around Stonehenge would have been dug using animal bones and deer antlers to loosen the underlying chalk. A Venetian-style chandelier cast from deer antlers was suspended above. The antlers of the giant deer, or Irish elk, grew as large as 10 feet across. The antler measurement provides a very precise time for the death of this animal, since caribou form and cast their antlers annually, and females keep theirs throughout the winter. After the fuzzy velvet is stripped off (sometimes in sparring matches which precede the rut), the antlers of both males and females become a pure, shining white. One possibility is sexual selection: a brightly colored male fish or a male deer sporting large antlers may have a better chance of attracting or fighting for mates than males that lack such traits. If you remember your zoology classes well, a ‘stag’ is also a male deer, with antlers. Teeth from a woolly rhino were also found, with a reindeer antler and a deer bone that had been split to extract the marrow. The mammalian liver can regenerate if a part of it is removed, the antlers of male deer regenerate each year, and fractured bones can mend by a regenerative process. Except for female caribou, only male deer grow antlers, which they shed each year. The principal season for deer harvest was August to January, based on patterns of mandibular tooth eruption and antlers attached to male crania. Female reindeer rule over males during the short season when males have shed their antlers prior to growing new ones and the females have not yet shed theirs. Meanwhile, Lister cast doubt on another possible explanation for the deer's demise - the male's huge antlers. 1.1 Each of the branches on an antler. 角枝 Example sentencesExamples The branch next to the head is called the brow antler. The two branch fork antlers are yellowish-red in the surface and have sparse, rough hair. Here's a closeup of Mike now that his velvet has vanished, showing the injury on his right brow antler. They grow from pedicles that form at puberty and which, in time, become permanent protuberances from where antlers bud and are cast seasonally. If you are lucky enough to live on the outskirts of a forest, there is a great chance that you will spy an antler or two, usually at dusk. Derivatives antlered adjective ˈantlədˈæntlərd We also watched a fine antlered stag grazing on succulent bushes, our approach masked by the sound of a waterfall. Example sentencesExamples And they expect all manner of antlered creatures to bound out into the road, even in the middle of Penicuik. They had been beaten out of strips and sheets of brass and depicted a number of themes: a hunter with a bow and arrow shooting an antlered deer, people riding an elephant, two snakes, two women holding hands. Look into their big old reindeer eyes and you'll wish you could love those wise-cracking antlered darlings to pieces, but then they lumber into the air and break the spell. I now realise it's actually a feeding station for large antlered beasts of the night. Origin Late Middle English (originally denoting the lowest (forward-directed) branch of the antler): from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French antoillier, of unknown origin. Definition of antler in US English: antler nounˈæntlərˈantlər 1Each of the branched horns on the head of an adult deer (typically a male one), which are made of bone and are grown and cast annually. （多指雄鹿由骨构成且每年一割的）鹿角，茸角 a stag's antlers mass noun combs made of antler Example sentencesExamples The principal season for deer harvest was August to January, based on patterns of mandibular tooth eruption and antlers attached to male crania. After the fuzzy velvet is stripped off (sometimes in sparring matches which precede the rut), the antlers of both males and females become a pure, shining white. None of the women, but three of the five men in the drawing have horns on their head; the elaborate branched antlers of the stag, curling horns of rams, and the pronged horns of the antelope. Reindeer, both wild and semi-domesticated, are the only members of the deer family in which both sexes grow antlers. Female reindeer rule over males during the short season when males have shed their antlers prior to growing new ones and the females have not yet shed theirs. Except for female caribou, only male deer grow antlers, which they shed each year. In most cervids, only males have antlers (but both sexes bear them in caribou). A Venetian-style chandelier cast from deer antlers was suspended above. Meanwhile, Lister cast doubt on another possible explanation for the deer's demise - the male's huge antlers. The ditch around Stonehenge would have been dug using animal bones and deer antlers to loosen the underlying chalk. If you remember your zoology classes well, a ‘stag’ is also a male deer, with antlers. The antlers of the giant deer, or Irish elk, grew as large as 10 feet across. Bulls and cows in the Tsaatan herd grow velvety racks of antlers. Female reindeer are the only deer species to grow antlers as well as the male, but they only sprout in winter. Naked bone, such as antlers become after velvet is shed, cannot function in heat transmission because their blood supply is lost. Remedies to right the imbalance include snake gallbladder, powdered deer antlers, and rhinoceros horn, as well as hundreds of different combinations of herbs. One possibility is sexual selection: a brightly colored male fish or a male deer sporting large antlers may have a better chance of attracting or fighting for mates than males that lack such traits. The antler measurement provides a very precise time for the death of this animal, since caribou form and cast their antlers annually, and females keep theirs throughout the winter. Teeth from a woolly rhino were also found, with a reindeer antler and a deer bone that had been split to extract the marrow. The mammalian liver can regenerate if a part of it is removed, the antlers of male deer regenerate each year, and fractured bones can mend by a regenerative process. 1.1 Each of the branches on a set of antlers. 角枝 Example sentencesExamples Here's a closeup of Mike now that his velvet has vanished, showing the injury on his right brow antler. They grow from pedicles that form at puberty and which, in time, become permanent protuberances from where antlers bud and are cast seasonally. The branch next to the head is called the brow antler. If you are lucky enough to live on the outskirts of a forest, there is a great chance that you will spy an antler or two, usually at dusk. The two branch fork antlers are yellowish-red in the surface and have sparse, rough hair. Origin Late Middle English (originally denoting the lowest (forward-directed) branch of the antler): from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French antoillier, of unknown origin.
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