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

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
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