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antennated

antennated is the simple past and past participle of antennate.

Meaning of antennate

Verb

antennate (third-person singular simple present antennates, present participle antennating, simple past and past participle antennated)

  1. 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.2005, Peter J.B. Slater, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Charles T. Snowdon, Advances in the Study of Behavior, →ISBN, page 10

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Adjective

antennated (not comparable)

  1. Possessing at least one antenna.

Questions about antennated

What does antennated mean?
Antennated means possessing at least one antenna.
What is antennated the simple past and past participle of?
Antennated is the simple past and past participle of antennate.
What part of speech is antennated?
Antennated is an adjective.

Words near antennated in the dictionary

  1. antennariids
  2. antennarity
  3. antennary
  4. antennas
  5. antennate
  6. antennated
  7. antennates
  8. antennating
  9. antennation
  10. antennations
  11. antennectomies

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