osmaticadj.
/ɒzˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ɑzˈmædɪk/ Biology. Now rare.
Having well-developed olfactory organs and a good sense of smell; macrosmatic. Cf. anosmatic adj., microsmatic adj.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell > having acute
tender-noseda1425
nosedc1425
high-nosed1548
quick-nosed1561
well-nosed1568
scented1579
well-scented1579
quick-scented1590
nose-wise1596
sagacious1607
scentful1616
nasute1699
nice-scented1777
osmatic1880
nim-nosed1936
the world > life > the body > sense organ > olfactory organ > [adjective] > well developed
osmatic1880
1880 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 171 36 The great comparative depth of the anterior portion of the superior arc..is well marked in this animal—a feature identified by Broca as of constant occurrence in ‘Osmatic’ Mammals, or those in whom the olfactory apparatus is highly developed.
1890 W. Turner in Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 25 106 He [sc. Broca] has classified the Mammalia, in relation to the magnitude of their olfactory apparatus, into two groups: osmatic mammals, which possess a well-developed rhinencephalon with a keen sense of smell, and anosmatic mammals, in which the rhinencephalon and olfactory sense are either feeble or not developed at all.
1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 638 The related doctrines that the olfactory organs are large in osmatic, small or absent in anosmatic animals.
1995 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 82 867/1 We believe that the pollinator communities of Gnetum have changed from unspecialized diverse insects to nocturnal, osmatic insects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1880