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How to use antler in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Antler means a deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year. Example: “While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.”

Examples of antler by meaning

nounA deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.

  • While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.

More sentences with antler

  • The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.From the entry trophy
  • Remember that these graceful “Bambis” are wild animals with sharp hooves and antlers.1992, Pamela Hegarty, “Yosemite National Park”, in Paula Consolo, editor, Fodor’s National Parks of the West, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s…. From the entry Bambi
  • A female caribou has antlers same as a bull, but a cow moose is a mulley.1929, Lowell Thomas, Woodfill of the Regulars, page 163. From the entry mulley
  • The spreading antlers on the wall testified to a mighty hunter in some past generation.1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter 7, in The House Behind the Cedars. From the entry andiron
  • The microvilli are in turn covered with a velvety meshwork made of countless sugar-based structures that look a little bit like antlers.2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 36. From the entry glycocalyx
  • The one I remember had Godzilla suddenly scream (the last chord still reverberating) and go hopping off, Bambi's antler well embedded in Godzirra's foot.2010 July 25, Dillon Pyron, “The next SyFy Death Match will be between”, in alt.tv.scifi.channel (Usenet), archived from the original on…. From the entry Godzirra
  • He was leaning forward, head down, taking one deliberate step after another, both arms behind, dragging his gutted buck by its barely forked antlers.2006, John Durand, Behind Enemy Lines: A Memoir. From the entry gutted
  • Stumberleap reared up on his hind legs, then plunged down his head, and his antlers rattled against the antlers of the staggart.1937, A Century of Nature Stories, page 535. From the entry staggart
  • Antlers and horns have been the insignia of devils and black magicians from time immemorial, and are worn by present-day witch doctors.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 19. From the entry present-day
  • In the space beyond that, Rose saw a deer, with abbreviated velvet antlers and a cautious yet somehow also bored mien, considering her through dark, strangely human eyes.2020, Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind, Bloomsbury (2023), page 76. From the entry deer
  • Regrowth of antlers is no exception, the wounded pedicle exposed by the casting of the previous set of antlers serving as a vital stimulus for renewal of antler growth.2005, Brian K[eith] Hall, “Antlers”, in Bones and Cartilage: Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal Biology, San Diego, Calif.; London…. From the entry hummel
  • In the antlers of the moose, on the other hand, we find the following abnormality: the antlers may add extra points that reach down, below the palmations' edges.1977, Wolfgang Schad, Man and Mammals: Toward a Biology of Form, page 168. From the entry palmation
  • Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both antlers and 4 does and 1 doe fawn with incipient antler pedicels like those on male fawns.1963, Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, page 87. From the entry pedicel

Meaning of antler

  1. noun A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.

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Questions about antler in a sentence

How do you use antler in a sentence?
Antler is used as a noun. For example: “While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.”
What is a short sentence with antler?
“While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.”
What does antler mean?
Antler means a deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.

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