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antler

noun

  1. material
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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.

  1. 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”).

  1. 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.