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" (8 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(2 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- شَمّ noun (the sense of smell)
Armenian
1 entries- հոտառություն noun (the sense of smell)
Basque
1 entries- usaimen noun (the sense of smell)
Belarusian
1 entries- нюх noun (the sense of smell)
Bulgarian
2 entries- нюх noun (the sense of smell)
- обоня́ние noun (the sense of smell)
Catalan
2 entries- olfacció noun (the sense of smell)
- olfacte noun (the sense of smell)
Chinese
1 entries- 嗅覺 /嗅觉 noun (the sense of smell)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 嗅覺 /嗅觉 noun (the sense of smell)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 嗅覺 /嗅觉 noun (the sense of smell)
Czech
1 entries- čich noun (the sense of smell)
Dutch
1 entries- reukzin noun (the sense of smell)
Esperanto
1 entries- flarsenso noun (the sense of smell)
Finnish
3 entries- haistaminen noun (the sense of smell)
- haju noun (the sense of smell)
- hajuaisti noun (the sense of smell)
French
2 entries- odorat noun (the sense of smell)
- olfaction noun (the sense of smell)
Galician
4 entries- cheiro noun (the sense of smell)
- olfacto noun (the sense of smell)
- olfate noun (the sense of smell)
- ulido noun (the sense of smell)
German
2 entries- Geruch noun (the sense of smell)
- Geruchssinn noun (the sense of smell)
Greek
1 entries- όσφρησις noun (the sense of smell)
Hindi
1 entries- गंधानुभूति noun (the sense of smell)
Hungarian
1 entries- szaglás noun (the sense of smell)
Italian
2 entries- odorato noun (the sense of smell)
- olfatto noun (the sense of smell)
Japanese
1 entries- 嗅覚 noun (the sense of smell)
Korean
1 entries- 후각 noun (the sense of smell)
Latin
1 entries- olfactus noun (the sense of smell)
Latvian
1 entries- oža noun (the sense of smell)
Lithuanian
1 entries- uoslė noun (the sense of smell)
Macedonian
2 entries- мирис noun (the sense of smell)
- сетило за мирис noun (the sense of smell)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- luktesans noun (the sense of smell)
Persian
1 entries- بویایی noun (the sense of smell)
Polish
1 entries- węch noun (the sense of smell)
Portuguese
2 entries- faro noun (the sense of smell)
- olfato noun (the sense of smell)
Romanian
1 entries- miros noun (the sense of smell)
Russian
2 entries- нюх noun (the sense of smell)
- обоня́ние noun (the sense of smell)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- njȗh noun (the sense of smell)
- њу̑х noun (the sense of smell)
Slovak
1 entries- čuch noun (the sense of smell)
Slovene
1 entries- voh noun (the sense of smell)
Spanish
1 entries- olfato noun (the sense of smell)
Swedish
2 entries- lukt noun (the sense of smell)
- luktsinne noun (the sense of smell)
Tajik
1 entries- шомма noun (the sense of smell)
Turkish
3 entries- koku alma duyusu noun (the sense of smell)
- koku duyusu noun (the sense of smell)
- olfaksiyon noun (the sense of smell)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нюх noun (the sense of smell)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khứu giác noun (the sense of smell)
Walloon
1 entries- oda noun (the sense of smell)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
‘I think the single most extraordinary aspect of olfaction is that we all smell the world differently,’ Beauchamp told me.
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