antennate

English

Etymology 1

From antenna +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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 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

Etymology 2

From antenna +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

antennate (not comparable)

1. (rare) Having antennae or a shaped-like form.
   • 1944, The Journal of Experimental Biology‎^[2], volumes 20-23, page 156:

     As reaction to humidity and activity level are usually closely linked it is therefore inadvisable to draw comparisons between strengths of response of de-antenate and antennate insects.

Latin

Adjective

antennāte

1. vocative masculine singular of antennātus