feeler Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
antenna.
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noun a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
overture; advance; approach.
- she rejected his advances
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noun sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
antenna.
- he had a special antenna for public relations
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noun slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
barbel.
WordNet
Feel"er noun
Definitions
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One who, or that which, feels. -
(Zoöl.) 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. Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antennæ. Derham.
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Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.
