Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to antennæ; bearing antennæ; antennary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Belonging to the antennæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antenna

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to antennae

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Examples

  • On the outer surface of the first 'antennal' leaf, as also on the edges of the other leaves, only scattered bristles are seen; but on the inner surface of the first and seventh leaves, and on both surfaces of all the other leaves, there are close rows of shallow, irregularly shaped hollows.

    Chatterbox, 1905. Various

  • Cyrtomaia micronesica is different than its closest relative (Cyrtomaia cornuta from New Caledonia) by shorter basal antennal spines, longer chelipeds, varied male meri and pleopod and a varied carapace.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • And what I've found out is that ants are using a network of antennal contact.

    Deborah Gordon digs ants 2003

  • And they can use that task-specific odor in cuticular hydrocarbons -- they can use that in their brief antennal contacts to somehow keep track of the rate at which they're meeting ants of certain tasks.

    Deborah Gordon digs ants 2003

  • And what we're learning is that an ant uses the pattern of its antennal contacts, the rate at which it meets ants of other tasks, in deciding what to do.

    Deborah Gordon digs ants 2003

  • And what I've found out is that ants are using a network of antennal contact.

    Deborah Gordon digs ants 2003

  • And what we're learning is that an ant uses the pattern of its antennal contacts, the rate at which it meets ants of other tasks, in deciding what to do.

    Deborah Gordon digs ants 2003

  • And they can use that task-specific odor in cuticular hydrocarbons -- they can use that in their brief antennal contacts to somehow keep track of the rate at which they're meeting ants of certain tasks.

    Deborah Gordon digs ants 2003

  • And what I've found out is that ants are using a network of antennal contact.

    Deborah Gordon digs ants 2003

  • And what we're learning is that an ant uses the pattern of its antennal contacts, the rate at which it meets ants of other tasks, in deciding what to do.

    Deborah Gordon digs ants 2003

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