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scent

noun as in smell, aroma

verb as in detect, smell

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Rare hyena behaviours have been caught on camera, including a mother-to-be trying to steal food from wild dogs and outsmarting rivals by hiding a stolen carcass underwater to mask its scent.

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That weird Strawberry Shortcake doll that would burp its signature scent in your face when you squeezed its stomach.

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It started when Roz noticed a heavy scent floating on the breeze.

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To combat mosquito-borne illnesses that claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year, scientists have enlisted an unexpected partner: a fungus that gives off a floral scent.

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The scent of a body varies depending on a person's body fat, he said, even if they have decomposed for the same amount of time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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