nasute

nasute
nasuteness, n.
/nay sooht"/, n. Entomol.
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
[1645-55 for earlier sense "big-nosed"; < L nasutus big-nosed, equiv. to nasu- (comb. form of nasus NOSE) + -tus adj. suffix]

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