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antler

Pronunciation: /ˈænt.lə/

The English word “antler” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.

Etymology

From Middle English auntelere, hauntelere, from Old French antoillier (“antler, horn”), from ante- (“in front of”) + oillier (oil (“eye”) + -ier (a suffix indicating location)), possibly from an unattested Latin *anteocularis (“before the eye”).

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