olfactory bulb
olfactory bulb
nounDefinition of OLFACTORY BULB
: a bulbous anterior projection of the olfactory lobe that is the place of termination of the olfactory nerves and is especially well developed in lower vertebrates (as fishes)
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circa 1860
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