antennaladj.
/anˈtɛnl/, U.S. /ænˈtɛnəl/ Zoology.
Of or relating to antennae.
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1815 Monthly Rev. 77 459 Even the larvæ comprehend the antennal signals of their feeders.
1820 J. R. Johnson tr. P. Huber Nat. Hist. Ants 209 The antennal language [Fr. le langage antennal] would require, without doubt, deep study, should we be desirous to ascertain every impression which it is susceptible of communicating.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. vi. i. 318 The antennal pincers of the Spiders.
1932 Parasitology 24 457 These cells are connected with the main antennal nerve.
1965 J. D. Carthy Behaviour of Arthropods i. 8 One of these, the alpha lobe, receives inputs from the antennal and visual senses.
2009 Nature 22 Jan. 361/1 Colleagues have surveyed the hammer-shaped antennal tips that these species whack against the trees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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