antler
noun
- material
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈænt.lə/ / /ˈænt.lɚ/ / /ˈænʔ.lɚ/
name
Etymology: Named for nearby Antler Creek, whose branches resemble deer antlers when viewed on a map.
- A city and village in North Dakota.
noun
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”).
- A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.
“While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.”