Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
osmeterium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of a pair of scent organs which the larvæ of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below.
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- noun Alternative form of
osmeterium .
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Examples
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See comment under "osmaterium".}: in Collembola the spring or saltatory appendage borne by the fourth abdominal segment: in
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Furcula: a forked process: an osmaterium {Scanner's comment: sic.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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