antennation
nounUK /æntɪˈneɪʃən/
Etymology From antennate + -ion.
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Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences Of an insect An act of antennating, or touching the antennae to another insect.
- Soldiers’ stridulations elicited a smaller amount of antennations, but not statistically different from those elicited by Paussus favieri single pulses or worker stridulations.2015 July 9, “The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: