nasutus
(neɪˈsjuːtəs)
Pl. nasuti.
[L. nāsūt-us, f. nāsus nose.]
= nasute n.
| 1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 587 There also occur among workers [of certain termite species] certain individuals (Nasuti) which have the front of the head prolonged into a horn. 1895 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. V. xxi. 371 The prolongation and form of the head of these Nasuti may be fairly described as adaptation to useful ends. 1920 Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. CVIII. 71 Two specimens [of Nasutitermes costaricensis] from Texas..; a deälated female and two nasuti. |