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antennate en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From antenna + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (of an insect) To bring one's antennae into contact with another insect.
    • Workers attempt to avoid the queen, but if antennated try to escape or exhibit a submissive crouching posture, while the queen starts to bite and pull their legs and antennae. 2005, Peter J.B. Slater, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Charles T. Snowdon, Advances in the Study of Behavior, →ISBN, page 10:

Forms

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antennates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
antennated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
antennated Tense=Past lexicographic
antennating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

antennation

antennate en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From antenna + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Having antennae or a shaped-like form.
    • As reaction to humidity and activity level are usually closely linked it is therefore inadvisable to draw comparisons between strengths of response of de-antenate and antennate insects. 1944, The Journal of Experimental Biology, volumes 20-23, page 156: