Meaning & use
spikehorn
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A young male deer whose antlers have not yet branched, growing as single unbranched spikes.
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The hunter spotted a spikehorn grazing at the edge of the meadow but let it pass.
By its second year, the spikehorn's antlers had begun to branch into a small rack.
A note on using this word
Spikehorn is a term used mainly in North American hunting and wildlife management to describe an immature buck's first set of antlers.
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spike buck
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