OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7570

antenna

/ænˈtɛn.ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
antena
An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
He put his fingers over his head like two antennas, crossed his eyes, and waggled his tongue like some kind of insect. In the same work, Brown uses antennae to refer to both aerial…
The overall shape of most insect antennae is elongate and cylindrical, although elaborations into plumose, lamellate, or pectinate forms have arisen many times in different insect…