ANTLER


Meaning of ANTLER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈant-lər ]

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 -lərd adjective

• ant·ler·less -ləs adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.