stag headstag's headn.
1. The head or skull and antlers of a stag.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > head
stag head1812
1812 G. Crabbe Tales iv. 69 A stag's-head crest adorn'd the pictur'd case.
1908 M. M. Harper Rambles in Galloway II. 28 Large stag heads..have been found in the bed of the loch.
2. stag-head or stag's head moss = staghorn moss at stag-horn n. 2b.
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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > club-moss or moss-like ferns
dwarf cypress1548
heath-cypress1551
pine1551
wolf's-claw1578
club-moss1597
wolf-claw1597
wolf's-foot1597
tree-moss1611
Selagoa1627
cypress-moss1640
mountain moss1688
lycopodium1706
stag's horn (also staghorn) moss1741
walking fern1814
tod-tails1820
Robin Hood's hatband1828
resurrection plant1841
ground-pine1847
forks and knives1853
fir club-moss1855
lycopod1861
Selaginella1865
foxtail1866
stag-head or stag's head moss1869
fir-moss1879
hog-bed1900
1869 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 266 Picking staghead moss and flowers.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 234 On the banks..daisies and buttercups,..stag's-head moss, and all kinds of familiar wild flowers flourished.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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