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Definition of Antennae
1. antenna [n] - See also: antenna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antennae
Literary usage of Antennae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The antennae are short and very similar to the legs. ... or first the eyes and
antennae. filament. ganglion of ventral chain. the ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"Length of lower or outer antennae, bot less than 0-38 inch, (probably mo'e), ...
The outer antennae have wide, equate basal joints, apparently without any ..."
3. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"Among the Lepidoptera, again, the conformation of the antennae, frequently enables
us at once to distinguish the group to which any specimen belongs. ..."
4. Wireless Telegraphy by Jonathan Adolf Wilhelm Zenneck (1915)
"But, again as in case b, the maximum range is reduced at the same time as the
ratio . is decreased. A 197. Double antennae, One-half Wave-length Apart (SG ..."
5. Henrik Krøyer's Publications on Pelagic Marine Copepoda (1838-1849) by Carl C. Damkaer, David M. Damkaer (1979)
"First antennae slightly longer than body. Second antennae equal about one-fifth
length of animal or first antennae. ..."
6. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"It is probably the lowest, least specialized, member of the group, in which the
peculiar adaptations of the antennae are but slightly developed. ..."
7. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"5 vibrated antennae. 4 arose quickly. 4 moved slightly. 2 moved antennae and legs.
Oil of thyme: worked legs. kicked quickly. vibrated antennae and legs. ..."
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