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NASUTE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 ... having a well-developed proboscis ... a lean, nasute leprechaun, given to tricks ... Newsweek ... 2 ... having a nasus ... nasuteness noun ... plural ... es.
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Fontanellar gun - Wikipedia
The fontanellar gun is a termite defense mechanism in the form of a horn-like frontal projection (nasus) on the head of the soldier caste
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NASUTE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
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nasute
nasute, a. (and n.) (ˈneɪsjuːt) Also 7 nasut. [ad. L. nāsūt-us, f. nāsus nose.] † 1. fig. Keen-scented, sagacious. Obs.1653 Gauden Hierasp. 303 The names then of Clergy and Laity, in which the Nasuter Criticks of this age, sent some⁓thing of pride. 1660 H. More Myst. Godl. vii. x. 320 Our modern Ath...
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Soldier morphogenesis in a nasute termite: discovery of a disc-like ...
Nasute termites belonging to the subfamily Nasutitermitinae, have a soldier caste that possesses a frontal projection (nasus) on the head, ...
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nasute, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word nasute, two of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and ...
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Ctenotus nasutus
The nasute finesnout ctenotus (Ctenotus nasutus) is a species of skink found in Northern Territory and Western Australia.
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Nasute Termites - Termite Identification | Termites & White Ants Control
These are Nasutes and they are coming from the nest up in the tree (no surprises there). They will be travelling down the outside of the tree to forage for ...
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The Nasutitermitinae termites - Termite Web
The Nasutitermitinae subfamily from the Termitidae family of termites is a very large category comprising many species spread throughout the Old and New World.
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Watching Nasute Termites in Arizona | A Good Life
These soldiers are essentially mobile artillery units. When they detect a threat, the soldiers shoot strings of sticky, glue-like toxic chemicals at the threat.
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NASUTE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Nasute definition: a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
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nasutus
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. Hi...
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Nasutitermes triodiae
Defense mechanisms
When there is a breach in the nest, nasute soldiers pour out to defend the colony.
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mockingly
mockingly, adv. (ˈmɒkɪŋlɪ) [f. mocking ppl. a. + -ly2.] In a mocking manner.1545 Elyot Dict., Nasute, wyttyly, mockyngly. 1602 Warner Alb. Eng. ix. xlvi. (1612) 215 And, he saying, Let vs meete, ‘Let's meete’, quoth Echo mockingly. 1863 Geo. Eliot Romola xxx, Whispers which died out mockingly as he ...
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Fontanellar gun
In other termites
The Syntermitinae, which were once classified within the Nasutitermitinae in a clade known as the mandibulate nasute termites, are and not closely related lineage which convergently evolved a nasus that is superficially analogous but not functionally homologous to the nasus of true nasute
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