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adharcán — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • antenna noun A metal rod, wire, or dish used to send or receive radio, television, or other electromagnetic signals.
  • feeler noun Someone or something that feels.
  • tentacle noun A long, flexible, limb-like organ used for grasping or feeling, found on animals like octopuses and squid.

Senses

adharcán is used for these senses in English:

  • antenna An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
  • feeler (anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
  • tentacle (zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

antenna — full definition

  1. noun A metal rod, wire, or dish used to send or receive radio, television, or other electromagnetic signals.
  2. noun One of the thin, jointed feelers on the head of an insect, crab, or similar creature, used for touch and smell.
  3. noun Figuratively, a sharp instinct for sensing what is happening around you.

feeler — full definition

  1. noun Someone or something that feels.
  2. noun An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
  3. noun Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
  4. noun a presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself

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