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Cerapteryx graminis
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.
Palapteryx
Palapteryx Pa*lap"te*ryx, n. [Paleo- + apteryx.] (Paleon.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.

Meaning of Apteryx from wikipedia

- species fall into the family Apterygidae (/ˌæptəˈrɪdʒədiː/) and genus Apteryx (/ˈæptərɪks/). Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are the...
- The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli; Apteryx australis or Apteryx bulleri as before 2000, still used in some sources) is a species of kiwi that...
- The great spotted kiwi, great grey kiwi or roroa (Apteryx haastii) is a species of kiwi endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. The great spotted...
- The little spotted kiwi or little grey kiwi (Apteryx owenii) is a small flightless bird in the kiwi family, Apterygidae. It is the smallest of the five...
- The Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi), also known as the rowi or Okarito brown kiwi, is a member of the kiwi family Apterygidae, described as new to science...
- The southern brown kiwi, tokoeka, or common kiwi (Apteryx australis) is a species of kiwi from South Island, New Zealand. Until 2000 it was considered...
- kiwi, Apteryx australis Stewart Island tokoeka, Apteryx australis lawryi Fiordland tokoeka, Apteryx australis australis Great spotted kiwi, Apteryx haastii...
- The North Island little spotted kiwi or North Island little grey kiwi (Apteryx owenii iredalei) is an extinct subspecies of the little spotted kiwi that...
- Apteryx littoralis (meaning "kiwi of the s****") is an extinct species of kiwi from New Zealand's North Island. The species was first described in 2021...
- The Haast tokoeka or Haast kiwi (Apteryx australis 'Haast') is a ****tive subspecies of the southern brown kiwi. It is one of the rarest kiwi in New Zealand...