— nasuteness , n.
/nay sooht"/ , n. Entomol.
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
[ 1645-55 for earlier sense "big-nosed"; nasutus big-nosed, equiv. to nasu- (comb. form of nasus NOSE) + -tus adj. suffix ]