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deer-neck

deer-neck noun: a thin, or ill-formed neck of a horse, particularly a neck looking like it is upside-down.

Noun

deer-neck (plural deer-necks)

  1. (obsolete) A thin, or ill-formed neck of a horse, particularly a neck looking like it is upside-down.

Forms of deer-neck

pluraldeer-necks

Questions about deer-neck

What does deer-neck mean?
Deer-neck means a thin, or ill-formed neck of a horse, particularly a neck looking like it is upside-down.
What part of speech is deer-neck?
Deer-neck is a noun.
What is the plural of deer-neck?
The plural of deer-neck is deer-necks.

Words near deer-neck in the dictionary

  1. deer's hair
  2. deer's tongue
  3. deer-hair
  4. deer-hay
  5. deer-hays
  6. deer-neck
  7. deer-necks
  8. deer-pig
  9. deer-pigs
  10. deer-skin
  11. deer-skins

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