antennae

8 letters in word "antennae": A A E E N N N T.

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• Definitions:
• Jointed organs appended to the head in Insects, Crustacea and Centipedes, and not belonging to the mouth.
• (sing., antenna) a pair of segmented appendages located on the head above the mouthparts and sensory in function
• Feelerlike appendages located on insects' heads above their mouth parts
• Antennae (singular antenna) are sensory appendages attached to the head of some adult insects. Antennae are used for the sense of smell and balance. Butterflies have two segmented antennae with a small club at the end of each. Moths have antennae without the club. ...
• The long, thin, jointed projections from an insect's head that inform it about the feel, sound, taste, smell, temperature, and humidity in the world outside of its skeleton.
• two articulated organs of sensation, situated on the head; in the Hymenoptera particularly, they are divided into radicula, scapus, pedicellus, and apex; they are monofiliform, setaceous, clavate, &c.
• Paired, sensory, segmented appendages found one on each side of the heads of insects and of some related forms.
• found on the butterfly's head, used to taste the air, and help with balance and orientation.
• Antennae 2 or second antennae; second paired appendages of head.
• Appendages, in pairs, often jointed, extending from the head. One group of antennae are tactile for touch, while the other group are chemosensory, for taste.
• Flexible sensory appendages (occurring in pairs) on the heads of some invertebrates
• All insects are equipped with two antennae which extend from their head. These two structures have a number of different purposes, including: 1) Sensory organs for the females in detecting their environment, and for some species' males in detecting the pheromones which the females emit.
• Flexible, jointed sensory appendages in the head of an insect, myriapod or crustacean.
• Sensory appendages arising from the front of the head

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