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antler

UK/ˈænt.lə//ˈænt.lɚ/

antler noun: a deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.

antler: a deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown...
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Noun

antler (plural antlers)

  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.

Proper noun capitalized: Antler

Antler

  1. A city and village in North Dakota.

antler meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Punjabi

antler in Tamil

சிம்புக்கொம்பு, மான்கொம்பு

antler in Urdu

antler
بارہ سنگا bārah siṅgā

antler in Kannada

ಉದುರುಗೊಂಬು, ಕವಲ್ಗೊಂಬು

antler in Punjabi

antler
ਸਿੰਗ siṅg
More languagesFewer languages
antler in Arabic
قَرْن الْأَيِّل qarn al-ʔayyil
antler in Indonesian
tanduk
antler in Myanmar
ချို hkyui

Examples of antler in a sentence

  • The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.
  • Remember that these graceful “Bambis” are wild animals with sharp hooves and antlers.
  • A female caribou has antlers same as a bull, but a cow moose is a mulley.

All 14 example sentences with antler

Forms of antler

pluralantlers

Plural of antler: antlers

Origin of antler

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”).

Named for nearby Antler Creek, whose branches resemble deer antlers when viewed on a map.

Words formed from antler

Phrases with antler

Questions about antler

What does antler mean?
Antler means a deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.
What is antler in Tamil?
Antler in Tamil is சிம்புக்கொம்பு, மான்கொம்பு. See Antler meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antler?
Antler can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce antler?
Antler is pronounced /ˈænt.lə/ (UK).
What is the plural of antler?
The plural of antler is antlers.

Words near antler in the dictionary

  1. Antjuan
  2. antkind
  3. Antkowiak
  4. Antkowiaks
  5. Antle
  6. antler
  7. antler moth
  8. antler moths
  9. antlered
  10. Antlered God
  11. antlerite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antler (page history and authors); Antler (page history and authors); antler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بارہ سنگا (Urdu) (page history and authors); antler (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਿੰਗ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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