antenna
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5.1
- noun
- /ænˈtɛnə/
- Americans have extraordinarily sensitive antennae for the colorations of neighborhoods.
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Watch on YouTubeBut concealed in this flesh of his nose are two antennae.
- But concealed in this flesh of his nose are two antennae.
- Like when we when we're first introduced to him, he's actually interviewing for a job and he's wearing alien antenna and Bunny slippers.
- The wasp grabs onto one of the antenna, bites down in it of the cockroach and pulls the cockroach.
Examples
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We have just spent three months calibrating the new antennae at Tchalinko.
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The Ant King smoothed his antennae and took a deep breath.
Fiction book (2001) -
Oh, and look at the little antenna.
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Now do you see that has much larger antennae than that?
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Would you mind not holding me by the antennae?
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The roach stopped for a minute, antennae moving in circles.
Fiction book (1999) -
Why then do flies substitute feet for antennae or grow extra pairs of wings or legs?
Academic text (1992) -
That's what their antennae are for, so that they can get vibrations.
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Note the similarity of the beetle's texture, antennae, legs, head, and general shape to those of the ant.
Academic text (2003) -
The butterfly used its antenna to sense the flowers nearby.
Synonyms
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5.3
A long thin part of an animal used to touch and sense things
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.1
A curved metal dish that directs radio or satellite signals to a single point
- Specialized
1
5.8
A device that sends or receives radio waves mostly in one direction
- Specialized
1
7.4
An antenna with two metal rods placed in a straight line with a connection in the middle
- Specialized
1
6.3
A device that sends and receives radio signals equally in all directions
- Specialized
An antenna that sends and receives radio signals equally in all directions
Surface Forms
Etymology
Antenna was the Latin word antenna for a 'long pole' on a ship, and people later used the same name for the thin, feeler-like 'poles' on insects because they look like tiny sticks. That's why insect antennae are long, movable feelers used to touch and taste the world.