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olfactory kisses

olfactory kisses is the plural of olfactory kiss.

Meaning of olfactory kiss

Noun

olfactory kiss (plural olfactory kisses)

  1. The touching or rubbing of noses between two people.
    • Throughout the world there are two main varieties of kisses: the touch, tactile, or lip kiss, osculus Europeanus - and the nose or olfactory kiss, osculus Asiaticus.1926, Clement Wood, The Art of Kissing, Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Junius Company, page 9

Questions about olfactory kisses

What is olfactory kisses the plural of?
Olfactory kisses is the plural of olfactory kiss.

Words near olfactory kisses in the dictionary

  1. olfactorizes
  2. olfactorizing
  3. olfactors
  4. olfactory
  5. olfactory kiss
  6. olfactory kisses
  7. olfactory nerve
  8. olfactory nerves
  9. olfactory organ
  10. olfactory organs
  11. olfactory reference syndrome

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