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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(entomology, of an insect) To bring one's antennae into contact with another insect..
Workers attempt to avoid the queen, but if antennated try to escape or exhibit a submissive crouching posture, while the queen starts to bite and pull their legs and antennae.
As reaction to humidity and activity level are usually closely linked it is therefore inadvisable to draw comparisons between strengths of response of de-antenate and antennate insects.
Use antennate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Antennate means (entomology, of an insect) To bring one's antennae into contact with another insect..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Workers attempt to avoid the queen, but if antennated try to escape or exhibit a submissive crouching posture, while the queen starts to bite and pull their legs and antennae.
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