smellers

noun

plural of smeller
as in noses
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity a sensitive smeller is just as important as a fine palate when evaluating wine

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Recent Examples of smellers Plants are indeed more than remedial smellers. — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
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  1. noses
  2. snouts
Noun
  • This is a sport in which bodies get crunched, ears, noses and faces get peppered, and matches can be won by an anaconda choke or a guillotine choke.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • Some researchers have experimented with bionic noses and implants that pulse electrical signals into the olfactory system to try and restore smell.
    — Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Definition of noses
Noun
  • Their long, droopy tails would likely pull them downward and send their snouts bobbing up.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
  • With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Definition of snouts

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