antennate

Meanings

verbantennate (third-person singular simple present antennates, present participle antennating, simple past and past participle antennated)

present singular third person antennates · participle present antennating · participle past antennated · past antennated

biologyTo 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

adjectiveantennate (not comparable)

not comparablerareHaving 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

antennate · verb

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

antennate · adjective

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

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