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odourprint

odourprint noun: a uniquely distinctive odour, as used to represent or identify a person.

Noun

odourprint (plural odourprints)

  1. A uniquely distinctive odour, as used to represent or identify a person.
    • In its ongoing efforts to nail the bad guys, the US Department of Homeland Security is investing heavily in the sniff test: "odourprint".2009 March 29, Tracy McVeigh, “US Department of Homeland Security announces plans to invest heavily in body odour profiling research”, in The Observer
    • The next step would be to try to identify a specific odourprint that may be associated with anxiety.2011, Joe Schwarcz, Dr. Joe's Health Lab, page 74

Forms of odourprint

pluralodourprints
alternative formodorprint

Origin of odourprint

From odour + print, after fingerprint.

Questions about odourprint

What does odourprint mean?
Odourprint means a uniquely distinctive odour, as used to represent or identify a person.
What part of speech is odourprint?
Odourprint is a noun.
What is the plural of odourprint?
The plural of odourprint is odourprints.

Words near odourprint in the dictionary

  1. odourlessly
  2. odourlessness
  3. odourous
  4. odourously
  5. odourousness
  6. odourprint
  7. odourprints
  8. odourproof
  9. odours
  10. odours of sanctity
  11. odourscape

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