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Meanings of feeler in English

Catalan
temptativa
Spanish
aproximación

A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.

temptativa
Portuguese
antena
Catalan
sentit
Spanish
don

One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste.

antena
Portuguese
barbo
Catalan
barba

Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.

barbo
Synonyms
Examples for "barbel"
Examples for "barbel"
1
The fish commonly caught are mullet, perch, barbel, gudgeon, bream, and chub.
Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
2
Yes, a leopard recently catched a barbel from a small puddle.
The South African
3
There were two dozen and one barbel, the largest 7 lb.
Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
4
The kinds most common are barbel, carp, dace, bleak, and gudgeon.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3: ...
5
MATELOTE.- Arichfish-stew, which is generally composed of carp, eels, trout, or barbel.
The Book of Household Management
Usage of feeler in English
1
But now I cut off the feeler which wants to examine us.
Historical Miniatures
2
He expected to feel the jerk of the electric shock of the feeler.
The Whispering Spheres
3
The pansies were evidently a feeler toward a more important transaction.
The King in Yellow
4
This encouraged Zoe to throw out a feeler about the gambling-tables.
A Woman-Hater
5
Khrushchev understood the Lippmann column as an unattributable feeler from Washington.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
6
Bringing close a hand or feeler or paw of its own.
Existence
7
This was said more as a feeler than with any hope of success.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
8
She sat very silent, and then, delicately, put out a feeler.
The Prussian Officer
9
Then he decided to throw out a feeler of his own.
Echoes Of Honor
10
The boy flinched, drawing into himself like a snail's feeler touched with salt.
Nemesis Game
11
He decided to try a feeler of a different sort.
Timescape
12
The inquiry letter is a "feeler"-theadvance agent of the selling campaign.
Business Correspondence, Vol. 1: How to Write a Business Letter
13
A little distance away, the trail sent off a tiny feeler into the jungle.
Angel Island
14
Friend took it as a feeler and a friendly one.
Helena
15
I've put it out for a kind of a feeler.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2
16
I can follow like a lamb, but I've got to have that feeler first.
One Basket
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Translations for feeler
Portuguese
antenabarbo
Feeler through the time
Feeler across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common