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scent mark

scent mark noun: a strong-smelling substance, from the urine or a gland, deposited by an animal to mark its territory.

Noun

scent mark (plural scent marks)

  1. A strong-smelling substance, from the urine or a gland, deposited by an animal to mark its territory.

Verb

scent mark (third-person singular simple present scent marks, present participle scent marking, simple past and past participle scent marked)

  1. To deposit a scent mark.
    • A male fox will scent mark his territory during mating season.

Forms of scent mark

Noun
pluralscent marks
Verb
third-person singular presentscent marks
present participlescent marking
past participlescent marked
pastscent marked

Questions about scent mark

What does scent mark mean?
Scent mark means a strong-smelling substance, from the urine or a gland, deposited by an animal to mark its territory.
What part of speech is scent mark?
Scent mark can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of scent mark?
The plural of scent mark is scent marks.

Words near scent mark in the dictionary

  1. scent
  2. scent gland
  3. scent glands
  4. scent hound
  5. scent hounds
  6. scent mark
  7. scent marked
  8. scent marking
  9. scent marks
  10. scent out
  11. scent pad

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