antennal

1 8.8

Relating to the feelers on insects such as moths and bees

adjective
/ænˈtɛnəl/

Specialized

: antennal

The antennal receptors of insects are crucial for detecting pheromones.
antennal sockets
antennal glands
antennal bacteria

Examples

If I were to take it again today, I would angle the front of the beetle higher in the photo and not clip the middle and hind tarsi or antennal tip as I did in this photo.

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Furthermore, the urine-producing antennal glands of crabs are not good "kidneys" that can dilute urine and thus conserve salts.

Academic text (1990)
Careful cloning is required in areas that are close to the beetle to prevent unintended alterations, and in this case I even had to clone in a fake lower tarsus for the middle leg and antennal tip for the left antenna to fill gaps that I could not crop.

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Scientists studied how antennal movements affect the insect's ability to find food.
During the experiment, researchers observed the antennal responses to various stimuli.

Synonyms

antennary

vsantennal

Specialized

9.9

Relating to the thin feelers on insects

is an alternative adjective form used for the same sense

Surface Forms

antennal positive

Morphology

antennal = antenna (transparent) = antenna + al

The adjective is formed regularly from the noun 'antenna' with the suffix '-al', so its meaning is straightforwardly related to the body part.

Etymology

Antennal comes from antenna, the insect 'feeler', plus the ending -al meaning 'relating to'. Like a radio antenna that 'picks up signals', an insect's antennal parts sense smells, touch and air, so antennal means 'relating to those feelers'.