noun
antler
ANT-luh
noun
1
A bony, branching growth on the head of a deer, moose, or similar animal, shed and regrown each year.
"The stag lowered its antlers as it faced its rival."
"Antlers can grow astonishingly fast during the summer months."
How to Use Antler
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe branching horn-like growths on a deer's head.
Common mistake
Antlers are shed and regrown yearly and are made of bone; horns (on cattle, goats, etc.) are permanent and grow continuously.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
antlers plural
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Etymology
From Old French antoillier, ultimately traced to a Latin phrase meaning roughly "before the eye" — describing where the growth sits on the head.