antennation

English

Etymology

From antennate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æntɪˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

antennation (countable and uncountable, plural antennations)

1. (entomology, of an insect) An act of antennating, or touching the antennae to another insect.
   • 2015 July 9, “The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Soldiers’ stridulations elicited a smaller amount of antennations, but not statistically different from those elicited by Paussus favieri single pulses or worker stridulations.

Translations

an act of touching the antennae to another insect

• Portuguese: antenação f