Category:Tres-tyne

Tres"-tyne`, n. Etym: [l. tris, tres, three + e. tyne.] (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.