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feeler

/'filər/

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noun
slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
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barbel

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tentacle
noun
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
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antenna

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tentacle
noun
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
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advance approach overture

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suggestion proposition proffer
noun
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
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antenna

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sensitivity sensitiveness

Definition that contains feeler

spider predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey