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  • adjective resembling antlers

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Examples

  • Sticks that looked so much like antlers I nearly kept them with the intention of posting photos of them here and starting a contest devoted entirely to antler-like sticks.

    Bad Juju Among the Shed Heads 2008

  • Here are the flowering branches, a lot of little forked antler-like spikes, sticking out at right angles from the stem, and half concealed by the leaves of the row above them.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • Combats between male animals are often violent and obstinate, and the employment of the natural weapons of the species in this way has led to perfecting of these, e.g. the tusks of the boar, the antlers of the stag, and the enormous, antler-like jaws of the stag-beetle.

    Evolution in Modern Thought Gustav Schwalbe 1880

  • You have probably seen at least one of these creatures - Estemmenosuchus, a tubby animal with weird, antler-like flanges of bone projecting out of its skull - in museum displays and on book covers.

    Wired Top Stories Brian Switek 2012

  • Subtle animal shapes are incorporated into all the pieces, from a coffee table with antler-like supports to an animal den-shaped sectional sofa.

    TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends 2010

  • II VIII IV 17 18 4 7 17 43 15 10 1 VII 90 The division of the portal vein into right and left branches shows an antler-like configuration on ultrasound.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • II VIII IV 17 18 4 7 17 43 15 10 1 VII 90 The division of the portal vein into right and left branches shows an antler-like configuration on ultrasound.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • It is possible that the tales of jackalopes were inspired by sightings of rabbits infected with the Shope papilloma virus, which causes the growth of horn - and antler-like tumors in various places on the rabbit's head and body. [

    [Help] Most Recent Posts sonic_x_10 2010

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