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nasute

[ney-soot]

noun Entomology.

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

Origin of nasute

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

Related formsna·sute·ness, noun

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