Meaning feeler
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feelerearly 15c., "one who feels," agent noun from feel (v.). Of animal organs, 1660s. Transferred sense of "proposal put forth to observe the reaction it gets" is from 1830. Related: Fe [..]
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feeler(n) one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste(n) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others(n) sensi [..]
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feelerSmall implement used when sounding with deep-sea apparatus. Consists of stout wire, mounted in a wood handle, with extremity of wire bent at right angle to remainder. Laid on wire, when sounding, to [..]
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