antler

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   one of the branching bony structures grown and usually shed each year by deer and related animals

   The stag had broken the tip of one antler during the winter.

From Middle English aunteler, from Old French antoillier. Its deeper origin is uncertain, but it has often been connected with a Latin expression meaning 'before the eye', referring to the antler's position.

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