Antlers definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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The stags stood about three feet eight inches high at the shoulder, and the antlers were about three feet long, following the curve Quitting the enclosure, the party next visited several of the huts which were made of moss, turf, sticks, etcetera, put together in such a confused way, that it was difficult to make out how they had been formed.

—Chasing the Sun

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You can get horns, antlers -- even if you look close, cloven hooves. — Robert Lang folds way-new origami
I have succeeded in preserving him entire-- antlers, head, neck, body, legs, and hoofs-- in fine condition, so that he can be mounted and look exactly as in life. — BOOTS AND SADDLES: OR LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER
As a deer's head mounted on a plaque was lugged in by its antlers, another delivery brought a tiger skin with head intact and jaws gaping while another was loaded with stuffed birds. — Faded Youth Blog
The first thing I saw was a set of antlers -- big antlers!
The easiest way to tell them apart is that only males have antlers, starting with a single long branch called a "spike" when they are two years old, and getting more impressive each year until the antlers are huge six-point racks. — The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories