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vomerolfaction

vomerolfaction noun: a sense found in some animals, similar to smell, in which aerial chemicals are detected by the vomeronasal organ.

Noun

vomerolfaction (uncountable)

  1. A sense found in some animals, similar to smell, in which aerial chemicals are detected by the vomeronasal organ.

Origin of vomerolfaction

From vomero- + olfaction.

Questions about vomerolfaction

What does vomerolfaction mean?
Vomerolfaction means a sense found in some animals, similar to smell, in which aerial chemicals are detected by the vomeronasal organ.
What part of speech is vomerolfaction?
Vomerolfaction is a noun.

Words near vomerolfaction in the dictionary

  1. vomer bones
  2. vomeral
  3. vomerian
  4. vomerine
  5. vomerobasilar
  6. vomerolfaction
  7. vomeronasal
  8. vomeronasal organ
  9. vomeronasal organs
  10. vomeronasally
  11. vomeropalatine

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