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Answer for the clue "Animal horn ", 6 letters:
antler

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Word definitions for antler in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antler \Ant"ler\, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller, endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL. antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular .] (Zo["o]l.) The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. deciduous horn of a member of the deer family

Usage examples of antler.

She was aware that the Antler Kindred thought of her kind as barbaric, and for the first time she understood why they held that belief.

The Antler Kindred were weak, spineless creatures, cowardly and frail, and everyone knew it.

It was typical of the Antler Kindred to react with fear, Katara thought with scorn.

His jawline was smooth, since Antler men, like all Kindred, did not grow facial hair in human form.

And of course he spent much of each day in his stag form, wandering the forest, just as most of the Antler did.

There were times he longed for something interesting to happen, in order to break up the quiet monotony that was so much a part of Antler existence.

That is like penning an Antler in a meadow and telling him he may not graze.

A few prides still attacked the Antler when they ranged too far abroad, but they were decidedly in the minority among the Claw.

In human form, the Antler did little with their time besides eat, talk, and share mugs of ale in the evening.

His younger brother had ever possessed a fiery temper, which occasionally caused trouble among the Antler Kindred.

There were plenty of Antler women who would be more than willing to lay with him if he so much as crooked a finger in their direction.

Beneath her spread out the green meadows that surrounded the keep, where a few Antler grazed in their animal forms, and beyond them sprawled a mass of buildings built of the same silvery stone that surrounded her.

It appeared she was doomed to headaches as long as she dwelt among the Antler Kindred.

Getting out of the Antler keep was going to be more difficult than she had originally anticipated.

Her hair fell loose and tangled over her shoulders, because she had not been offered a thong to tie it up with, and she wore the odd alien clothing that the Antler affected, rather than the animal skins her people wore in the cold season, or the nudity they preferred in the heat.