Hypertext Webster Gateway: "antler"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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 of a stag.

Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay.

Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler,
and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay
antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are
often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not
horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while
growing. See {Velvet}.

{Antler moth} (Zo["o]l.), a destructive European moth
({Cerapteryx graminis}), which devastates grass lands.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

antler
n : deciduous horn of a member of the deer family


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