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deerhorn

deerhorn noun: antler from a deer.

Noun

deerhorn (countable and uncountable, plural deerhorns)

  1. Antler from a deer.
    • Pick made of deerhorn, used by flint miners in the New Stone Age.1930, Carl Whiting Bishop, Charles Greeley Abbot, Aleš Hrdlička, Man from the farthest past

Forms of deerhorn

pluraldeerhorns

Origin of deerhorn

From deer + horn.

Questions about deerhorn

What does deerhorn mean?
Deerhorn means antler from a deer.
What part of speech is deerhorn?
Deerhorn is a noun.
What is the plural of deerhorn?
The plural of deerhorn is deerhorns.

Words near deerhorn in the dictionary

  1. deergut
  2. deerhair
  3. deerherd
  4. deerherds
  5. deerhood
  6. deerhorn
  7. deerhorns
  8. deerhound
  9. deerhounds
  10. deerie
  11. deeries

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