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Cerapteryx graminis
(gcide) | Antler \Ant"ler\, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller,
endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL.
antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.]
(Zool.)
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine
animal, as of a stag.
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Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay.
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Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler,
and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay
antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are
often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not
horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while
growing. See Velvet.
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Antler moth (Zool.), a destructive European moth
(Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.
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cerapteryx graminis
(wn) | Cerapteryx graminis
n 1: European moth with white antler-like markings on the
forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslands [syn:
antler moth, Cerapteryx graminis] |
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