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nasus

UK/ˈneɪ.zəs/US/ˈneɪ.səs/

nasus noun: a horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense.

Noun

nasus (plural nasi)

  1. A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense.
  2. A prolongation on the front of the head of a cranefly.

nasus meaning in Tamil

nasus in Tamil

மூக்கு

Forms of nasus

pluralnasi

Plural of nasus: nasi

Origin of nasus

Borrowed from Latin nāsus (“the nose; the nozzle or spout”).

Words formed from nasus

Questions about nasus

What does nasus mean?
Nasus means a horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense.
What is nasus in Tamil?
Nasus in Tamil is மூக்கு. See Nasus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nasus?
Nasus is a noun.
How do you pronounce nasus?
Nasus is pronounced /ˈneɪ.zəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of nasus?
The plural of nasus is nasi.

Words near nasus in the dictionary

  1. nastygrams
  2. Nasu
  3. Nasu-Hakola disease
  4. Nasugbu
  5. Nasunogan
  6. nasus
  7. nasus externus
  8. nasute
  9. nasuteness
  10. nasutes
  11. nasutiform

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nasus (page history and authors); nasus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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