词汇 | antler |
词源 | antler. When the stag lowers his head to drink, his lower horns are often before his eyes. The Romans noticed this and called the horns the rammum ante ocularis, “the branch before the eyes.” Shortened to ante ocular, this name became antoillier in French and eventually antler in English. |
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