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Antennae
Antenna An*ten"na, n.; pl. Antenn[ae]. [L. antenna sail-yard; NL., a feeler, horn of an insect.] (Zo["o]l.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

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- 15 pairs of long legs are attached to the rigid body. Together with the antennae they give the centipede an appearance of being 75 to 100 mm (3 to 4 in)...
- silverfish, like other species in Apterygota, is wingless. It has long antennae, and moves in a wiggling motion that resembles the movement of a fish....
- hesperiids have a pointed angle or hook to the antennae, while most other families show ****bed antennae. The antennae are richly covered with sensory organs...
- its whole body in soft sediment on the ocean floor and waiting until its antennae detect prey. It then strikes with its sharp mandibles. It may also be found...
- dorsum of the female and strokes his antennae on her head, palps, and antennae. In Eupompha, the male draws his antennae along his longitudinal vertex. They...
- the top of the tallest architectural element, including spires but not antennae. In 1930, this definitional argument led to a rivalry between the Bank...