The elephant's trunk has several functions, including breathing, olfaction, touching, grasping, and sound production. The animal's sense of smell is about four times more sensitive than that of a bloodhound.
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Olfaction
/oʊlˈfækʃən/
Synonyms for "olfaction" (13 found)
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8 entriesexteroceptionmodalityneuroscienceperceptionsense modalitysensory modalitysensory sciencesensory system
More specific
6 entriesodor detectionodor discriminationodor identificationolfactory ecologyolfactory neuroscienceolfactory psychophysics
Collocations
6 entriesodor discriminationodorant moleculeolfactory bulbolfactory cortexolfactory epitheliumolfactory receptor
Inflections
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2 entriesSample sentences
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‘I think the single most extraordinary aspect of olfaction is that we all smell the world differently,’ Beauchamp told me.
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