odourprint

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From odour +‎ print, after fingerprint.

Noun[edit]

odourprint (plural odourprints)

  1. A uniquely distinctive odour, as used to represent or identify a person.
    • 2009 March 29, Tracy McVeigh, “US Department of Homeland Security announces plans to invest heavily in body odour profiling research”, in The Observer‎[1]:
      In its ongoing efforts to nail the bad guys, the US Department of Homeland Security is investing heavily in the sniff test: "odourprint".
    • 2011, Joe Schwarcz, Dr. Joe's Health Lab, page 74:
      The next step would be to try to identify a specific odourprint that may be associated with anxiety.

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