antennate

English

Etymology

From antenna +‎ -ate.

Verb

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

1. (entomology, of an insect) To bring one's antennae into contact with to another insect.
   • 2005, Peter J.B. Slater, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Charles T. Snowdon, Advances in the Study of Behavior‎^[1], →ISBN, page 10:

     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.

Derived terms

• antennation

Latin

Adjective

antennāte

1. vocative masculine singular of antennātus