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Noun: foetor  fee-tu(r)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: fetor)
  1. A distinctive odour that is offensively unpleasant
    "The foetor from the garbage dump permeated the neighbourhood";
    - malodor [US], malodour [Brit, Cdn], stench, stink, reek, fetor, mephitis

Derived forms: foetors

Type of: odor [US], odour [Brit, Cdn], olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell

Encyclopedia: Foetor