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Definition of Feeler

1. Noun. One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste.

2. Noun. A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others. "She rejected his advances"

3. Noun. Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ. "He had a special antenna for public relations"

4. Noun. Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.

Definition of Feeler

1. n. One who, or that which, feels.

Definition of Feeler

1. a tactile organ [n -S]

Medical Definition of Feeler

1. 1. One who, or that which, feels. 2. 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. "Insects . . . Perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antennae." (Derham) 3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc, put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feeler

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