antennation

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UK/æntɪˈneɪʃən/

noun

An act of antennating, or touching the antennae to another insect.

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Meanings

nounantennation (countable and uncountable, plural antennations)

plural antennations

  1. countableuncountablebiologyAn act of antennating, or touching the antennae to another insect.

    Soldiers’ stridulations elicited a smaller amount of antennations, but not statistically different from those elicited by Paussus favieri single pulses or worker stridulations.

    2015 July 9, “The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From antennate + -ion.

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Translations

Portuguese antenação
  • antenaçãoan act of touching the antennae to another insect

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with antennation

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Cite this entry
APA

antennation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antennation

MLA

“antennation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antennation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antennation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antennation.

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