Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the organs of smell, especially the ethmoturbinals, well developed: contrasted with
microsmatic . According to Turner, the application of this and related terms depends largely upon the number of ethmoturbinals, live being characteristic of most osmatic animals, anosmatic animals having four or less, and macrosmatic animals from six to eight.
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- adjective Having a good
sense ofsmell
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But all the parts of the rhinencephalon, which are so distinct in macrosmatic mammals, can also be recognized in the human brain.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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adj., having well-developed olfactory organs (macro- plus a Greek word meaning 'smell')
July 9, 2008