antler

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈænt.lə/
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/ˈænt.lə/ · /ˈænt.lɚ/ · /ˈænʔ.lɚ/ · /ˈænʔ.ɫɚ/

Definition of antler

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)
    “While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.”
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noun

  1. A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)
    “While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.”

name

  1. A city and village in North Dakota.

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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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