os|me|te|ri|um

os|me|te|ri|um
os|me|te|ri|um «OZ muh TIHR ee uhm, OS-», noun, plural -te|ri|a «-TIHR ee uh».
a forked process of the first thoracic segment of certain butterfly larvae, noted for the disagreeable odor it emits.
[< New Latin osmeterium < Greek osm smell]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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