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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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