moose antlers
Palmate northern trophies
Moose antlers are the broad, flat, palmate antlers grown by male moose—the largest of any deer species, sometimes spanning six feet.
Unlike horns, antlers are shed and regrown annually.
The term appears in comparisons for anything dramatically branching or unwieldy: Her houseplants have gone full moose antlers.
- rackFrame for holding items
- tinesFork's pointed projections
- velvetThick-pile textile
- shedCast off naturally
- bullSteer before castration
rut · mating season · trophy · trophy hunting · big game · palmate · spread · points · bone · wildlife · hunting · mount · mounted head · taxidermy · majestic · woodland · tundra · Alaska
- mating traitssexual selection, courtship, plumage, ornamentation, display
- hornsFrench horn, bugle, cornet, hunting horn, post horn