Repugnatorial Definition

adjective

Defensive or repulsive, particularly as applied to glands of certain invertebrates, with which they produce poisonous or repugnant secretions when under threat.

The caterpillars of swallowtail butterflies have a forked osmeterium, from which they produce a smelly, repugnatorial liquid if you grab them.
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Origin of Repugnatorial

  • From Latin repugnatorius

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