Antler vs. Pedicle

Antlernoun

A branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)

‘While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.’;

Pediclenoun

(zoology) A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate.

Antlernoun

The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.

‘Huge stags with sixteen antlers.’;

Pediclenoun

(zoology) The attachment point for antlers in cervids.

Antlernoun

deciduous horn of a member of the deer family

Pediclenoun

A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue

Antler

Antlers are extensions of an animal's skull found in members of the deer family. Antlers are a single structure composed of bone, cartilage, fibrous tissue, skin, nerves, and blood vessels.

Pediclenoun

pedicel (any sense)

Pediclenoun

peduncle (any sense)

Pediclenoun

(surgery) Part of a skin or tissue graft temporarily left attached to its original site.

Pediclenoun

A fetter for the foot.

Pediclenoun

Same as Pedicel.

Pediclenoun

a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle