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Feeler

Feeler Meaning & Definition
Feeler Definition And Meaning

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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