“osmeterium”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

osmeterium

释义

‖ osmeterium Entom.|ɒsmɪˈtɪərɪəm, ɒz-|
Pl. -ia. Also osma-.
[mod.L., f. Gr. ὀσµά-εσθαι to smell + -τήριον formative suffix, signifying ‘instrument’, ‘organ’, ‘thing used’: cf. κοιµητήριον cemetery.]
An organ or apparatus adapted to emit a smell or odour; spec. a forked process borne by some caterpillars on the segment immediately behind the head, from which they can emit a disgusting odour.
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1818) II. xxi. 244 Some are furnished with a kind of scent-vessels which I shall call osmateria.

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