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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