Like its far away counterpart, Alaska, Maine's state mammal is the moose. What word refers to the type of antlers sported by the moose, in which there's a flat part from which several offshoots radiate?

As defined by Merriam-Webster, in zoology, "palmate" means "having the distal portion broad, flat, and lobed." When you look at a moose antler, you'll notice the antlers prongs all come from a flat, broad part above its head. That's a "palmate" antler.

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