nasutiform

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English

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Etymology

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From nasut(e) (“a kind of termite with a nasus”) +‎ -i- +‎ -form.[1]

Adjective

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nasutiform (not comparable)

  1. (entomology) Having a nasus.
    • 1970, Kumar Krishna, Frances M. Weesner, editors, Biology of Termites, volume II, New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, page 374:
      The large subfamily Nasutitermitinae includes many species which have soldiers with a pear-shaped, nasutiform head and several species build nests of carton.

References

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  1. ^ “nasutiform”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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