ant´ler|like´

ant´ler|like´
ant|ler «ANT luhr», noun.
1. the solid, bony, hornlike growth of a male deer or of related animals, such as elk, moose, or caribou, usually having one or more branches when fully grown. Antlers are shed once a year and grow back again during the next year.
2. a branch of such a growth.
[< Old French antoillier, ultimately < Latin ante before + oculus eye]
ant´ler|like´, adjective.

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