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Word entry · 6 letters

antler

Best crossword clue

"Deer head branch"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈænt.lə/Part of speech nounSorted aelnrtStarts with AEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2N3T4L5E6R

Definitions

  1. deciduous horn of a member of the deer family

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer.

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