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microsmatic, a. Zool.|ˌmaɪkrɒzˈmætɪk|
[f. micro- + Gr. ὀσµ-ή smell + -atic.]
Having poorly developed olfactory organs.
1890W. Turner in Jrnl. Anat. XXV. 106, I propose..to arrange the Mammalia in relation to the development of the olfactory apparatus into three groups:—(a) Macrosmatic... (b) Microsmatic, where the olfactory apparatus is relatively feeble... (c) Anosmatic. 1891Proc. Zool. Soc. 582 The olfactory bulbs and ethmo-turbinals are present, but only moderately well-developed in this animal [sc. the platypus]; it therefore belongs to the group named by Sir W. Turner..Microsmatic. 1962Science Survey III. 260 In the microsmatic bats and in man only a very small area [of the nasal labyrinth] is olfactory. 1971Nature 6 Aug. 396/2 Olfactory communication is now known to be important in determining the interaction between the sexes in a microsmatic higher primate, namely, the rhesus monkey. |