: one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
also
: a branch of an antler
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Viking Connections Across Europe Workers crafted reindeer antler into goods such as combs, which were essential items during Medieval Europe, Sindbæk explains.
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The technology has certainly come a long way from when Inuit hunter-gatherers used to wear caribou antlers carved with thin slits in order to prevent snow blindness.
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
More silver buds, velvety like soft deer antlers, are primed to go.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Big game animals are dropping their antlers across the West.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 5 Feb. 2025
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
The technology has certainly come a long way from when Inuit hunter-gatherers used to wear caribou antlers carved with thin slits in order to prevent snow blindness.
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
More silver buds, velvety like soft deer antlers, are primed to go.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Big game animals are dropping their antlers across the West.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for antler
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“Antler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antler. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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