antler

[ ant-ler ]

noun

1. one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.

antler

/ ˈæntlə /

noun

1. one of a pair of bony outgrowths on the heads of male deer and some related species of either sex. The antlers are shed each year and those of some species grow more branches as the animal ages

Other Words From

• antler·less adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of antler¹

1350–1400; Middle English aunteler < Middle French antoillier < Vulgar Latin *anteoculārem ( rāmum ), accusative singular of *anteoculāris ( rāmus ) anteocular (branch of a stag's horn). See ante-, ocular

Word History and Origins

Origin of antler¹

C14: from Old French antoillier, from Vulgar Latin anteoculare (unattested) (something) in front of the eye

Example Sentences

"The category of plant-based foods, I would say, has had a pretty uniform ethics or party line," says Jason Moran, creative director on the marketing team at Red Antler, a branding agency.

From Salon

In 1973 she and Joyce Antler published “Year One of the Empire,” a play, written in the form of a staged documentary, about the expansion of American power.

From New York Times

By comparing their newly sequenced cattle horn transcriptome to deer antler and pig skin transcriptomes, Calamari and Flynn confirmed for the first time with transcriptomes that family-specific differences in headgear likely evolved as elaborations on a general bony structure inherited from a common ancestor.

From Science Daily

The antler and bone finds were discovered in Ipswich, Suffolk, during 40 excavations over the course of 20 years.

From BBC

Most were made from fragments of red deer antler, although some were made from bone, including whale.

From BBC