ANTENNÆ
\antˈɛnə], \antˈɛnə], \a_n_t_ˈɛ_n_ə]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
an-ten'[=e], n.pl. the feelers or horns of insects, crustaceans, and myriopods.--adjs. ANTENN'AL, ANTENN'ARY, ANTENN'IFORM, ANTENNIF'EROUS. [L. antenna, a sailyard, the L. translation of Aristotle's keraiai, horns of insects, a word also used of the projecting ends of sailyards.]
By Thomas Davidson
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.