Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The organ of smell; the nose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A smelling organ; a nose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
smelling organ ; anose .
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Examples
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The olfactor gave a stench reading; and the creature's back was covered with insectoid forms.
The Chronicles of Pern McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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At the same time, the olfactor reading went off the scale, and a repellent stench filled the little clearing.
The Chronicles of Pern McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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At the same time, the olfactor reading went off the scale, and a repellent stench filled the little clearing.
Chronicles of Pern, First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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The olfactor gave a stench reading; and the creature's back was covered with insectoid forms.
Chronicles of Pern, First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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The olfactor gave a stench reading; and the creature's back was covered with insectoid forms.
First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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At the same time, the olfactor reading went off the scale, and a repellent stench filled the little clearing.
First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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-- And if thy nose, sir Spirit, were anything more than the ghost of an olfactor, I would offer it a propitiatory pinch, that you might the more feelingly understand the merit of the said verses, and admire them accordingly.
Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society Robert Southey 1808
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