Noun: feeler fee-lu(r)
- One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
"The ant's feelers twitched as it detected food nearby";
- antenna
- Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
"Catfish use their feelers to search for food in murky waters";
- barbel
- Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
"he had a special feeler for public relations";
- antenna
- A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
"she rejected his feelers";
- overture, advance, approach
Derived forms: feelers
Type of: proffer, proposition, sensitiveness, sensitivity, suggestion, tentacle
Encyclopedia: Feeler