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nasute

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[ney-soot] / neɪˈsut /

noun

Entomology.

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

Other Word Forms

  • nasuteness noun

Etymology

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

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