Thesaurus: feeler

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1. n. One who, or that which, feels.
2. n. 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.
3. n. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.
4. n. one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
5. n. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
6. n. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
7. n. slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
8. 1. One who, or that which, feels. 2. (Zoöl.) 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 antennæ. Derham. 3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.
9. One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), whichare used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; anantenna; a palp.Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them withtheir feelers or antennæ. Derham.
10. n:100 n one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste n a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others n sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ n slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish