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Definition of antenna

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Antenna (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids..

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Clavicorn :: Clavicorn (a.) Having club-shaped antennae. See Antenna.

Epistome :: Epistome (n.) The region between the antennae and the mouth, in Crustacea..

Antenniferous :: Antenniferous (a.) Bearing or having antennae.

Clavicornes :: Clavicornes (n. pl.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antennae.

Acerous :: Acerous (a.) Without antennae, as some insects..

Dentated :: Dentated (a.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennae.

Lamellicorn :: Lamellicorn (a.) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae.

Preocular :: Preocular (a.) Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennae of certain insects..

Frogfish :: Frogfish (n.) An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.

Nauplius :: Nauplius (n.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body..

Ischiocerite :: Ischiocerite (n.) The third joint or the antennae of the Crustacea.

Procerite :: Procerite (n.) The segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of Crustacea.

Cudweed :: Cudweed (n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed..

Pectinated :: Pectinated (a.) Having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles. See Illust. (e) of Antennae..

Rhopalocera :: Rhopalocera (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.

Club-shaped :: Club-shaped (a.) Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects..

Taxicorn :: Taxicorn (n.) One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.

Squamellae :: Squame (n.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean..

Insecta :: Insecta (n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n..

Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped..