hart

Hind's older mate

A hart is an adult male deer, especially a red deer.

The term is archaic or literary, largely replaced by *stag* in modern usage, though it survives in place names and heraldic contexts: The White Hart Inn.

A hart was traditionally considered fully mature at five years.

deer

buck

Male deer or dollar

  • doeAdult female deer
  • fawnYoung deer, or flatter
  • stagMale deer

hind · roe · fallow · ruminant · ungulate · hoofed · venison · graze · browse · herd

antlers

rack

Frame for holding items

  • tinesFork's pointed projections
  • pointsUnits of tally
  • beamStructural support member

velvet · shedding · crown · spike · fork · branching · growth · trophy · scoring · symmetry

heraldry

crest

Highest point or tuft

argent · or · azure · sable · tincture · armorial · supporters · lodged · attired · proper

symbolism

noble

Titled or virtuous

Christ · regeneration · solitude · purity · hunt · quest · legend · mythology · Celtic · Arthurian

Categories
Opposites
sex/gender of deer

harthind

Female red deer

doe · roe · cow

age/maturity of male deer

hartfawn

Young deer, or flatter

calf · yearling · brocket · pricket

Phrases
Family

hartebeest, harts

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