Definitions for: Feeler

[n] one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
[n] slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
[n] sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"
[n] a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"

Webster (1913) Definition: Feel"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, feels.

2. (Zo["o]l.) 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 antenn[ae].
--Derham.

3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or
thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others;
something tentative.

Synonyms: advance, antenna, antenna, approach, barbel, overture

See Also: proffer, proposition, sensitiveness, sensitivity, suggestion, tentacle

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