1. Noun
One who, or that which, feels.
2. Noun
One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp.
3. Noun
Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.
4. Noun
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
5. Noun
slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
6. Noun
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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