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English Dictionary: feeler by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feeler
n
  1. one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
    Synonym(s): antenna, feeler
  2. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
    Synonym(s): overture, advance, approach, feeler
  3. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"
    Synonym(s): antenna, feeler
  4. slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
    Synonym(s): barbel, feeler
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feeler \Feel"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, feels.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as
            insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and
            in searching for food; an antenna; a palp.
  
                     Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching
                     before them with their feelers or antenn[91].
                                                                              --Derham.
  
      3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or
            thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others;
            something tentative.
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