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单词 throstle-nest
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throstle-nest
throstle-nest n. Obsolete attributive designating a form of deer's antler in which several short upper branches form a cup shape.In quot. 1911 showing throstle's nest in similar use.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers > of particular form > of form of antlers
troched1413
tineda1425
full-summed1575
throstle-nest1785
1785 R. Barker in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 354 Horns..which park-keepers in this part of the country call throstle-nest horns,..the upper part..is branched out into a number of short antlers which form an hollow about large enough to contain a thrush's nest.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 5 Mar. 8/1 Antlers of the ‘throstle nest’ type.
1911 Encycl. Sport & Games (new ed.) I. 240/1 The apparent beam above the tres is the ‘royal tine’, and that all points springing therefrom are called sur-royals, anterior and posterior, and often form a cup—the ‘throstle's nest’ of the Scot.]
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