deer antler

collocation in English

meaningsofdeerandantler

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deer
noun[C]
uk
/dɪər/us
/dɪr/
a quite large animal with four legs that eats grass and leaves. The male has antlers (= wide horns like branches) . The female is called a hind or a doe and the male a stag ...
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antler
noun[C]
uk
/ˈænt.lər/us
/ˈænt.lɚ/
a horn with parts like branches that grows on the head of ...
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(Definition ofdeerandantlerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Other punches were made fromdeerantlertines.
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I have argued that this special treatment was accorded to reddeerantlerbecause the antlers were part of an explicit renegotiation of the boundaries of the human body.
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Among them is the heaviest reddeerantlerin the world, weighing 19.8 kg and spanning almost 2 m.
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There are also two prongs in the shape of adeerantleron the back.
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They take kids out into the woods to look fordeerantlersheds and to have a cook out and fun.
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A hole is created in the tilled earth with a tobacco peg, either a curved wooden tool ordeerantler.
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The ditches of the enclosures also contained significant quantities of pottery as well as reddeerantlerpicks used to excavate them.
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Decorations of adeerantlerare attached to the ends of the crown. 77 pieces of jade were adorned on the crown.
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We are not aware that there have been any prosecutions for illegal clipping of deer antlers since it was made illegal in 1980.
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His helmet, famously adorned with deer antlers, ensured that he was always a recognizable figure on the field of battle.
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The collection of red deer antlers is one of the most important of its kind.
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They are also highly branched, resembling the form of deer antlers.
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Red ochre and deer antlers were placed in some graves, but not others.
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On a golden shield, there are three superposed deer antlers.
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The dancers wear red wooden masks with deer antlers covered in streamers and paper flowers, along with skirts that reach the knees.
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Often they resemble deer antlers or defoliated trees because of the many tapering branches.
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The only prizes are bragging rights, and a pair of gilded deer antlers which are mounted above the forecastle of the winning boat.
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Deer antlers were used to create rake-like implements used in farming.
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