About The Word Feeler
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Feeler
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What's The Definition Of Feeler?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Feeler: advance | antenna | antenna | approach | barbel | overture Related Terms | Find terms related to Feeler: 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 See Also | proffer | proposition | sensitiveness | sensitivity | suggestion | tentacle Feeler In Webster's Dictionary \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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