Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Feeler \Feel"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, feels.
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2. (Zool.) 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.
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Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching
before them with their feelers or antenn[ae].
--Derham.
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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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feeler
n 1: one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g.
insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and
taste [syn: {antenna}, {feeler}]
2: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: {overture},
{advance}, {approach}, {feeler}]
3: sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a
special antenna for public relations" [syn: {antenna},
{feeler}]
4: slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish [syn: {barbel},
{feeler}]
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