osmeterium
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
New (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”), ὀσμητός (osmētós, “smelled”).
Noun
osmeterium (plural osmeteria)
- (zoology) One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies.
Further reading
osmeterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia