nasute adjective & noun. ['neɪsju:t] M17.
[Latin nasutus, formed as NASUS.]
A. adjective.
1. Having a keen critical faculty, sagacious. M17-E18.

2. Zoology. Nose-shaped; having a pronounced proboscis; esp. designating or describing (an insect of) a caste of soldier termites of the genus Nasutitermes. L19.
b. noun. A nasute soldier termite. M20.

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