English Explanatory Dictionary

repugnatorial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

repugnatorial more repugnatorial most repugnatorial

Etymology

From Latin repugnatorius.

Synonyms

defensive stink
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