Definition of Antler moth. Meaning of Antler moth. Synonyms of Antler moth

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Definition of Antler moth

Antler moth
Antler Ant"ler, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller, endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL. antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.] (Zo["o]l.) The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay. Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler, and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while growing. See Velvet. Antler moth (Zo["o]l.), a destructive European moth (Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.

Meaning of Antler moth from wikipedia

- Cerapteryx graminis, the antler moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common species throughout most of Europe but is lacking in the very dry...
- food plants by the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera, including antler moth, the clay, clouded-bordered brindle, common wainscot, dark arches, dusky...
- Cerapteryx is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Cerapteryx graminisantler moth (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx megala (Alphéraky, 1882) Cerapteryx...
- (Haworth's minor) Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758) (broom moth) Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) (antler moth) Cerastis rubricosa(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)...
- horn, and antler objects involves the processes by which the deterioration of objects either containing or made from bone, horn, and antler is contained...
- Morrisonia confusa, confused woodgrain moth 10521.1 – Morrisonia triangula 10522 – Cerapteryx graminis, antler moth 10523 – Tholera americana 10524 – Nephelodes...
- other proteins surrounding a core of live bone. Horns are distinct from antlers, which are not permanent. In mammals, true horns are found mainly among...
- NY Javier Navarrete The Devil's Backbone (2001) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Antlers (2020) – Produced by Andre De Toth David Buttolph Carson City (1952) House...
- he digs with his feet and shovels snow with his antlers. When Nick and Sally find Magnus’ old antlers, they can shovel snow now and (also) find their...
- 53062 Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Aptian Middle Member, Antlers Formation, Oklahoma Several contiguous cervical vertebrae Official dinosaur...