Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
deciduous horn of a member of the deer family;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Antler \Ant"ler\, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller,
endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL.
antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.]
(Zool.)
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine
animal, as of a stag.
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Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay.
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Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler,
and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay
antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are
often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not
horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while
growing. See Velvet.
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Antler moth (Zool.), a destructive European moth
(Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
antler
n 1: deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Antler, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 47
Housing Units (2000): 44
Land area (2000): 0.177727 sq. miles (0.460310 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.177727 sq. miles (0.460310 sq. km)
FIPS code: 02660
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.971318 N, 101.281940 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58711
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Antler, ND
Antler