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Pigeons "have an extremely sophisticated olfactory system, so that they can smell grass seed when it's being sown," said Davis.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

The researchers also showed that this map in the nose aligns with corresponding maps in the olfactory bulb of the brain.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2026

Then the team hopes to treat the problem by placing sensor chips in the patient’s olfactory tissue to help preserve or restore scent perception.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

When I hear the word potluck, I am transported, with a kind of olfactory immediacy, to the basement of my grandmother’s church.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

Electrodes in the olfactory bulbs of salmon will fire when the olfactory epithelium is exposed to water from their spawning grounds, whereas water from other streams causes no response.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

“Thank God my moustache filters out some of the stench. My olfactories are already beginning to send out distress signals.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

I acknowledge that I am often guided by my olfactories in doing things that seem so very unaccountable to my friends.

From The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl by Mary L. Day

No better sign can you have than this of a fellow reckless of decency and behaviour: a gentleman smokes, if he smokes at all, where he offends not the olfactories of the passers-by.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 by Various

The fragrance of the coffee, the smell of the fried ham smote Shorty's olfactories with almost irresistible force.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by John McElroy

He looked sharply around in every direction, but saw nothing of the camp, although positive that his olfactories could not have deceived him.

From The Lost Trail by Edward Sylvester Ellis