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ant·ler \ˈantlə(r), ˈaan-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English aunteler, from Middle French antoillier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin anteoculare, from neuter of anteocularis located before the eye, from Latin ante- + oculus eye + -aris -ar — more at eye : a horn of an animal of the deer family being typically present only in the male and differing from the horns of other ruminants in being a solid generally branched bony outgrowth that is shed and renewed annually; sometimes : a branch of an antler — see beam; compare velvet |