ANTLER

antler

(noun) deciduous horn of a member of the deer family

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

antler (plural antlers)

A branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)

Anagrams

• Lenart, altern, learnt, rental, ternal

Etymology

Named for nearby Antler Creek, whose branches resemble deer antlers when viewed on a map.

Proper noun

Antler

A city and village in North Dakota.

Anagrams

• Lenart, altern, learnt, rental, ternal

Source: Wiktionary

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Ant"ler, n. Etym: [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller, endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL. antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), a destructive European moth (Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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