n. zoology In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the brow tyne does not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne above the base.
GNU Webster's 1913
n. (Zoöl.) In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the brow tyne does not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne above the base. See Illust. under rucervine, and under rusine.
Etymologies
Latin tris, tres, three + English tyne. (Wiktionary)
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