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FOETOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foetor mean?
• FOETOR (noun)
The noun FOETOR has 1 sense:
1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Familiarity information: FOETOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
fetor; foetor; malodor; malodour; mephitis; reek; stench; stink
Hypernyms ("foetor" is a kind of...):
odor; odour; olfactory perception; olfactory sensation; smell (the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foetor"):
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