nasute

[ ney-soot ]

noun

, Entomology.

1. a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.

Other Words From

• na·suteness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nasute¹

1645–55 for earlier sense “big-nosed”; < Latin nāsūtus big-nosed, equivalent to nāsū- (combining form of nāsus nose ) + -tus adj. suffix