GRE Word List

ANTLER

one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family

The meaning of the word antler is one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family.

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