brow antler

American  

noun

1. the first prong from the base of a stag's antler.

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Etymology

Origin of brow antler

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

On this being shed the next spring produces a small branch from the base of this beam, called the brow antler, which is identical almost with the single bifurcated horn of the Furcifer from Chili.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

In the fourth year the top of the main beam throws out several small tines called "sur-royals," and the brow antler receives an addition higher up called the "bez-tine."

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

The deer with which we have to deal range from the elaphine, or red deer type, to the simple bifurcated antler of the muntjac, which consists of a beam and brow antler only.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

This kind of deer has no brow antler.

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

In most instances there is but one developed brow antler, the other being a solitary curved prong.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles