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nasute

 
Dictionary: Na·sute

a.

[L. nasutus, fr. nasus the nose.]

1. Having a nice sense of smell. [Obs.] Evelyn.

2. Critically nice; captious. [Obs.] auden.


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IN BRIEF: n.- A member of a caste of highly modified soldier termites in which the jaws are reduced and the top of the head is drawn out into a snoutlike process from which a sticky fluid can be ejected.

 
 
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Black-headed nasute termite
Isoptera (arthropoda)
Arturo Cancela

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