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trez-tine

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[trez-tahyn] / ˈtrɛz taɪn /

noun

  1. royal antler.


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Fallow-deer, Subgenus Dama.—Antlers without a bez, but with a trez-tine, above which the beam is more or less palmated, and generally furnished with numerous snags; coat of adult spotted in summer, uniform in winter, with black and white markings in the region of the tail similar to those of Pseudaxis; young, spotted.

From Project Gutenberg

Barasingha Group, Subgenus Rucervus.—Antlers flattened or rounded, without bez- or trez-tine, the beam dichotomously forking, and one or both branches again forked, so that the number of tines is at least four; brow-tine forming a right angle or a continuous curve with the beam; coat of adult generally more or less uniform, of young spotted.

From Project Gutenberg

The antlers have the trez-tine near the small brow-tine, and the palmation beginning near the former.

From Project Gutenberg