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antler
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ant·ler  (ntlr)
n.
One of a pair of hornlike, bony, deciduous growths, usually elongated and branched, on the head of a deer, moose, elk, caribou, or other member of the deer family.

[Middle English aunteler, from Old French antoillier, from Vulgar Latin *antoculre, anteoculre : Latin ante-, ante- + Latin oculris, of the eye; see ocular.]

antlered adj.
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antler
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antler
Noun
one of a pair of branched horns on the heads of male deer [Old French antoillier]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.antlerantler - deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
horn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
Translations
antler
n antler [ˈӕntlə]
a deer's horn. gewei شُعَب وقَرْن الأيّل рог paroh gevir; horn das Geweih κέρατο ελαφιού cuerna, cornamenta hirve sarv شاخ hirvensarvet bois קֶרֶן मृगशृड़्ग jelenji rog agancs tanduk rusa hjartar-/hreindÿrshorn corno 鹿の枝角 (사슴의) 가지진 뿔 elnio ragas brieža rags tanduk rusa geweitak gevir, horn róg armação corn de cerb олений рог paroh rog rog (jelena) []horn เขากวาง geyik boynuzu 鹿角 оленячий ріг ہرن کا سینگ gạc hươu/ nai 鹿


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