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antenna
  1. For multiple feelers the Anglicised plural, antennas, is used only rarely in scholarly works in the life sciences. In other subjects and in less formal settings, antennas is found with increased frequency.
  2. For multiple aerials both plural forms are acceptable in scholarly works. The Latinate plural, antennae, is rarer in less formal settings.
  3. Some make a distinction between an antenna and an aerial, with the former used to indicate a rigid structure for radio reception or transmission, and the latter consisting of a wire strung in the air. For those who do not make a distinction, antenna is more commonly used in the United States and aerial is more commonly used in the United Kingdom.
  4. For the faculty of intuitive astuteness, the Latinate plural is used most frequently but both forms are found.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The dragonfly's delicate antennas allowed it to swiftly detect the slightest movement in its surroundings.”
      “The lack of protection means that e-mails and sensitive computer files can be accessed by hackers using little more than a laptop and an antenna.”
      “When the building sprang back and forth like a car antenna, door frames twisted and jammed shut, trapping a number of them in a conference room.”
antennapedia
  1. (biochemistry) A homeobox protein (and associated gene) whose overexpression in the head segment of insects can lead to the formation of legs instead of antennae.
antennomere
  1. Any of the segments of an insect's antenna, in cases where all segments are more or less uniform, e.g. the millipedes.
antennogram
  1. A record of the electrical activity of an insect's antenna in the presence of an odour (particularly a pheromone)
  2. Synonyms:
antennation
  1. (entomology, of an insect) An act of antennating, or touching the antennae to another insect.
antennula
  1. Alternative form of antennule
antennule
  1. (zoology) A small antenna.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Furthermore, juveniles with a long antennule and a mucro were classified as being of the species Bosmina coregoni.”
      “An exact count of antennular articles is not possible because the antennule is never complete and articles are poorly preserved distally.”
      “The synapomorphy of the taxon Ecbathyriontidae – Dirivultidae is the presence of a double segment in the female antennule.”
antennations
  1. plural of antennation
antennograms
antennomeres
  1. plural of antennomere
antennulae
  1. plural of antennula
antennules
  1. plural of antennule
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The presence of urine increases olfactory sampling through antennules flicking during fights.”
      “A nauplius consists of the first three cephalic segments and the appendages belonging to those segments, the antennules, antennae, and mandibles.”
      “The antennules are uniramous, the others biramous, and all three pairs are used in swimming.”
antennae
  1. plural form of antenna
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They have no eyes, antennae, or caudal cerci but have a telson tail, which is common in crustaceans but absent in other hexapods.”
      “In these fossils, detail of legs, antennae, wings, and even small body hairs are preserved.”
      “Eyes are gumdrops and jelly beans, antennae are licorice lace, and the tongue is a shaped gumdrop.”
antennas
  1. plural of antenna
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If you need to go further, switch to higher-gain antennas or gang two WRT54Gs together.”
      “And how many unused rooftop antennas are taking up airspace above cable-wired houses?”
      “Their mission changed from checking radios to checking the mounts and antennas.”
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