The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antenna \An*ten"na\, n.; pl. Antenn[ae]. [L. antenna sail-yard; NL., a feeler, horn of an insect.]
(Zo["o]l.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.
(Electronics) A metallic device, variously shaped, designed for the purpose of either transmitting or receiving radio waves, as for radio or television broadcasting, or for transmitting communication signals. Some types are: whip antenna, antenna tower, horn antenna, dish antenna, directional antenna and rabbit ears. See transmitter, receiver.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An indoor dipole television antenna consisting of two usually extensible rods connected to a base to form a V shape. 2 (plural of rabbit ear English)Category:English plurals
WordNet
n. an indoor tv antenna; 2 extendible rods forming a V
Wikipedia
Rabbit ears are the ears of a rabbit. Rabbit Ears or Rabbit ears may also refer to:
- Rabbit Ears Range in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado
- Rabbit Ears Pass in Colorado
- Rabbit Ears (Clayton, New Mexico), twin mountain peaks that are a National Historic Landmark
- RabbitEars, a website dedicated to over-the-air digital television in the United States
- Rabbit Ears Productions, an animation company for children's stories
- A colloquial term for a set-top tv antenna
- A vernacular name for the fungus Wynnea americana
- A vernacular name for the bunny ears cactus, Opuntia microdasys
Rabbit Ears is a pair of mountain peaks that were landmarks over the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail. The Clayton Complex includes that, another mountain peak, and three camps between them: McNees Crossing, Turkey Creek Camp, and Rabbit Ears Camp.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963. It figures largely in Louis L'Amour's novel Mustang Man.
Usage examples of "rabbit ears".
The TV had rabbit ears instead of a cable connection, and Cavallo had added a wire coathanger to improve reception.
She looked like someone who has just gotten an electric shock while adjusting the TV rabbit ears and is wondering whether or not to try again.
When we get to the Rabbit Ears we'll know our way back, so we'll kill him.
If we get fried snakes or toasted rabbit ears, I'll know you blew it.
Inside, Preacher Judd hung his hat on one of the foil-wrapped rabbit ears perched on top of an old Sylvania TV set, and followed the widow and her child into the kitchen.
There were also stalls selling goldfish in plastic bags and others for big balloons with rabbit ears.
She was too busy having her Velveteen Rabbit ears adjusted by one of the parent- volunteers.
Like rabbit ears, only thinner and with the edges curled toward each other, like a wet piece of cardboard.
On top of the cube was a bifurcated antenna known as rabbit ears, for obvious reasons.