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Definition of Osmeterium
1. Noun. (zoology) One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Osmeterium
1. [n -RIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmeterium
Literary usage of Osmeterium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"The osmeterium in Papilio larvae. —-The caterpillars of the swallow- tailed
butterflies (Papilio, Doritis, and Thais), as is well known, when irritated ..."
2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The invagination of the osmeterium admits of an accumulation of the products of
the gland within the cavity of the sac thus formed; ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"... called an " osmeterium." It is usually retracted, but at the will of the
caterpillar can be everted in the form of a long furcate or Y-shaped process; ..."
4. Nature Sketches in Temperate America: A Series of Sketches and a Popular by Joseph Lane Hancock (1911)
"At the same time occurred a remarkable display of the fork- like scarlet-colored
osmeterium. This scent organ protruded from a slit just behind the head, ..."
5. Entomology, with Special Reference to Its Ecological Aspects by Justus Watson Folsom (1922)
"The caterpillars of our Papilio butterflies, upon being irritated, evert from
the prothorax a yellow Y-shaped osmeterium (Fig. FIG. 103. ..."
6. Bulletin by New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum (1902)
"It is well represented, with its reddish, fetid osmeterium extended, as is the
case when it is annoyed or alarmed, in the accompanying figure. ..."
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