antler
Meaning
A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose, and elk, normally in pairs, grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)
Synonyms
Translations
Geweih
gewei
bois
corno
cornamenta
galhadaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈænt.lə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English auntelere, hauntelere, from Old French antoillier (“antler, horn”), from ante- (“in front of”) + oillier (oil (“eye”) + -ier (a suffix indicating location)), possibly from an unattested Latin *anteocularis (“before the eye”).
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