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# antenna

«antenna» in Mova's school dictionary: **One of two long, thin feelers on the head of an insect or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an antenna, antennae for insects; antennas for radio)

### meaning for a pupil

1) One of two long, thin feelers on the head of an insect or shellfish, used to touch and smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antenna/#m1)

2) A metal rod or wire that sends or receives radio, TV or phone signals; an aerial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antenna/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science: ants and butterflies use antennae to feel and smell. In technology: radio antennas, phone mast antennas. Phrases: a pair of antennae, TV antenna, satellite antenna.

### examples

- The ant touched the crumb with its antennae. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antenna/#x1)
- A butterfly has two antennae on its head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antenna/#x2)
- The radio antenna was on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antenna/#x3)
- Snails have feelers like antennae. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antenna/#x4)
- The phone has a hidden antenna inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antenna/#x5)
- Lobsters have very long antennae. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antenna/#x6)

### note

Plurals differ: animals' feelers are "antennae" (an-TEN-ee); radio rods are usually "antennas". UK and Australia often call the TV one an "aerial".

### In the corpora

- [Spiders have eight legs and two body parts, and no antennae.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/24-animal-groups/14/)
- [Insects smell and feel with their antennae.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/72-insects-and-spiders/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «antenna» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antenna/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.