Meaning of FEELER
| Pronunciation: | | 'feelur
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- [n] one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
- [n] slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
- [n] sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"
- [n] a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
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| | Synonyms: | | advance, antenna, antenna, approach, barbel, overture |
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| | See Also: | | proffer, proposition, sensitiveness, sensitivity, suggestion, tentacle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Feel"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, feels.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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 antenn[ae].
--Derham.
3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or
thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others;
something tentative.
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| | Related Terms: | | advance, antenna, approach, asking price, barb, barbel, barbule, barometer, bid, bone of contention, cat whisker, catechism, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, debating point, demand, foretaste, hint, inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, invitation, issue, kiteflying, leader, leading, leading question, moot point, offer, offering, overture, palp, palpus, pilot balloon, point at issue, point in question, preliminary approach, presentation, probe, problem, proffer, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, random sample, sample, sensor, sound, sounder, straw vote, submission, suggestion, tactile cell, tactile corpuscle, tactile hair, tactile organ, tactile process, tactor, tentative approach, test, tester, topic, trial balloon, vexed question, vibrissa, weather vane, weathercock |
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