macrosmaticadj.
/ˌmakrɒzˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmækrɑzˈmædɪk/ Zoology.
Having a well-developed olfactory apparatus or sense of smell. Also figurative.
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1890 W. Turner in Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 25 106 I propose..to arrange the Mammalia in relation to the development of the olfactory apparatus into three groups:—(a) Macrosmatic, where the organs of smell are largely developed, a condition which is found..in the majority of mammals [etc.].
1894 Proc. Zool. Soc. 9 Echidna..is, to use Turner's nomenclature, ‘macrosmatic’.
1924 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 37 318 Even macrosmatic animals like dogs and fishes locate odorous substances by random seeking reactions, not by direct orientation.
1962 Sci. Surv. 3 . 260 Cats and dogs, most of the predators, rodents and deer, and many others are called macrosmatic because a large part of their nasal labyrinths are covered with a special olfactory epithelium.
1968 Times 5 Oct. 20/7 [Orwell is] a macrosmatic writer tracking down the stench of hypocrisy or the gangrene of intellectual treachery.
1985 O. Sacks Man who mistook Wife xviii. 151 The overall brilliance and redolence of the smell-world, in macrosmatic animals (such as dogs), ‘savages’ and children.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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