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na⋅sute

  [ney-soot]
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–noun Entomology.
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
Origin:
1645–55 for earlier sense “big-nosed”; < L nāsūtus big-nosed, equiv. to nāsū- (comb. form of nāsus nose ) + -tus adj. suffix

Related forms:
na⋅sute⋅ness, noun
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