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/anˈtenə/,
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antennae, plural; antennas, plural;
  1. Either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods

  2. The faculty of instinctively detecting and interpreting subtle signs
    • - he has the political antennae of a party whip
  3. A rod, wire, or other device used to transmit or receive radio or television signals


  1. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
  2. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"
  3. one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
  4. This is an episode list for the animated cartoon series Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The series premiered on Cartoon Network on December 30, 2000. It later became part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. In the early days of Adult Swim, the show was rated TV-PG. ...
  5. Antenna was an American indie rock band active from 1991 to 1994.
  6. Antennae (singular: antenna) in biology have historically been paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. More recently, the term has also been applied to cilium structures present in most cell types of eukaryotes.
  7. Antenna is the third album by rock group Cave In. It was released in 2003. B-Sides from the album include: "Lift Off", "Day Trader", "Devil's Head Pinata", "Believe In Doubt", & "Harmless, Armless", the latter of which is also known as "Minus World". It was their only album for RCA Records.
  8. Antenna (film) is a 1969 Dutch film directed by Adriaan Ditvoorst.
  9. An antenna (or aerial) is a transducer that transmits or receives electromagnetic waves. In other words, antennas convert electromagnetic radiation into electric current, or vice versa. ...
  10. A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal; A device to receive or transmit radio-frequency signal by converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical signal; The faculty of intuitive astuteness
  11. (antennaed) Having antennae
  12. (Antennae) Located on the head of the beetle, they provide constant information about touch smell and taste.
  13. (Antennae) Pair of flexible sensitive projections on an insect’s head (feelers).
  14. (Antennae) All insects are equipped with two antennae which extend from their head. These two structures have a number of different purposes, including: 1) Sensory organs for the females in detecting their environment, and for some species' males in detecting the pheromones which the females emit.
  15. (Antennae) Slender jointed feelers, which bear certain sense organs, on head of insects.
  16. (Antennae) Slender organs on a butterfly’s head used for smelling and sensing.
  17. (ANTENNAE) Attempting to 'hone in' on a problem
  18. (ANTENNAE) “those things” – what parents in the crowd yell when the ball hits them, due to the parent’s lack of volleyball knowledge.
  19. (ANTENNÆ) Jointed organs appended to the head in Insects, Crustacea and Centipedes, and not belonging to the mouth.
  20. (Antennae) "Rabbit Ears" Can be used to pick up free over-the-air analog TV. Can also pick up digital over-the-air digital TV, though a better antenna may be required for digital TV.
  21. (Antennae) (an-TEN-nee) -- Slender, elongated appendages.
  22. (Antennae) A diamonut that extends the range of the sensors in an empath grid. Achieves the same effect as the Farhorizon skill (and stacks with it). Also extends the range at which targetting is possible.
  23. (Antennae) A pair of thread-like structures found on an insect’s head which help the insect sense its environment.  Insects that have an exceptional sense of smell (such as cockroaches) have very long antennae.
  24. (Antennae) A type of dagger that has a pommel that is shaped like a pair of curved arms.
  25. (Antennae) Appendages, in pairs, often jointed, extending from the head. One group of antennae are tactile for touch, while the other group are chemosensory, for taste.