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pricket

pricket

9.9
A young male deer with a single point on each antler
  • noun
  • /ˈprɪkɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : ciervo joven
  • The park ranger explained that the young stag was a pricket before growing branching antlers.

Examples

  • The hunter spotted a pricket grazing at the edge of the forest.

  • In autumn, a pricket can be identified by its single-pointed antlers.

  • Look at that pricket!

  • I spotted a pricket grazing in the meadow.

  • In autumn, a pricket can be identified by its single-pointed antlers.

  • The hunter spotted a pricket grazing at the edge of the forest.

  • The park ranger explained that the young stag was a pricket before growing branching antlers.

Synonyms

deer
vspricket
330 1.0

A wild animal with hooves and antlers that lives in forests and fields

is a young male in its second year rather than the whole species

How Old

stag
18 1.0
adult
103 1.0
pricket
  • Archaic
9.9
yearling
8 6.5
fawn
8 1.8

Surface Forms

pricket singular
prickets plural

Morphology

pricket = prick (opaque) = prick + et

Although historically connected to the idea of a pointed antler, the specialized sense 'a male deer in its second year' is not predictable from the base meaning alone.

Etymology

Pricket is related to the word prick ('point'), and it was used for a young male deer with only a single point on its antlers. A helpful way to remember this is to think of a pricket as a 'little pointed' deer before its antlers branch.