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scent marking

scent marking is the present participle and gerund of scent mark.

Meaning of scent mark

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.

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Questions about scent marking

What is scent marking the present participle and gerund of?
Scent marking is the present participle and gerund of scent mark.

Words near scent marking in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scent marking (page history and authors); scent mark (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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