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antler-like

antler-like

6.2
Shaped like a deer's branched horns
  • adjective
: similar a cuernos
  • The coral's antler-like branches provided shelter for many fish.

Examples

  • Some fungi display antler-like growths that make them easy to identify.

  • She wore a necklace with an antler-like pendant.

  • He wore an antler-like headdress for the festival parade.

  • The antler-like branches of the tree caught my attention.

  • Some fungi display antler-like growths that make them easy to identify.

  • He wore an antler-like headdress for the festival parade.

  • The coral's antler-like branches provided shelter for many fish.

How Antlered

antlered
1 4.7
antler-like
6.2
antlerless
1 5.3

Surface Forms

antler-like positive

Morphology

antler-like = antler (transparent) = antler + like

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-like' to 'antler', yielding the clear meaning 'resembling antlers'.

Etymology

Antler-like comes from antler, the branching horn of a deer, and the ending -like, meaning 'similar to'. So something described as antler-like looks or grows like the branched horns of a deer.