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odourprint en · NOUN

Etymology

From odour + print, after fingerprint.

Meanings

  1. A uniquely distinctive odour, as used to represent or identify a person.
    • The next step would be to try to identify a specific odourprint that may be associated with anxiety. 2011, Joe Schwarcz, Dr. Joe's Health Lab, page 74:
    • In its ongoing efforts to nail the bad guys, the US Department of Homeland Security is investing heavily in the sniff test: "odourprint". 2009 March 29, Tracy McVeigh, “US Department of Homeland Security announces plans to invest heavily in body odour profiling research”, in The Observer:

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odourprints Number=Plur lexicographic
odorprint alternative lexicographic