olfactory modality

English Thesaurus

1. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	modality, sense modality, sensory system,
definition	:	a particular sense (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	exteroception,
definition	:	sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	nose,
definition	:	the sense of smell (especially in animals) (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	smell,
definition	:	emit an odor (verb.perception)

derivation	:	smell,
definition	:	inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense (verb.perception)

derivation	:	smell,
definition	:	emit an odor (verb.perception)

derivation	:	smell,
definition	:	inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense (verb.perception)