n.
Pronunciation: ' ant-l ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English aunteler, from Anglo-French antiler, from Vulgar Latin *anteoculare, from neuter of anteocularis located before the eye, from Latin ante- + oculus eye ― more at EYE
Date: 14th century
: one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family also : a branch of an antler
– ant · lered \ -l ə rd \ adjective
– ant · ler · less \ -l ə s \ adjective