Olfactory Definition

ŏl-făktə-rē, -trē, ōl-
olfactories
adjective
Of the sense of smell.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
olfactories

(chiefly in the plural) The sense of smell.

Wiktionary
An organ of smell.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Olfactory

Noun

Singular:
olfactory
Plural:
olfactories

Origin of Olfactory

  • Latin olfactōrius used to sniff at from olfactus past participle of olfacere to smell olēre to smell facere to do fact

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin olfactorius, from olfactus, present participle of olfaciō (“I sniff"), from oleō + faciō.

    From Wiktionary

Olfactory Sentence Examples

  • These are known as olfactory filaments or aesthetascs.

  • It is said that 13,000 such olfactory organs are present on the feeler of a wasp, and 40,000 on the complex antennae of a male cockchafer.

  • The olfactory perceptive membrane is restricted to the posterior innermost region of the nasal chamber, where it covers a slight bulging-out prominence on the nasal wall.

  • Beneath the ciliated groove is placed an elongated ganglion (olfactory ganglion) connected by a nerve to the supraintestinal (therefore the primitively dextral) ganglion of the long h, k, m, Stomach.

  • In addition to the eyes and the olfactory circle on the head scattered tactile papillae are found on the ectoderm.

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Words Starting With

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