ANTLERS
Noun
antlers
plural of antler
Anagrams
• Lenarts, rentals, reslant, saltern, sternal
Proper noun
Antlers
An unincorporated community in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
A city, the county seat of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States.
Anagrams
• Lenarts, rentals, reslant, saltern, sternal
Source: Wiktionary
ANTLER
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