scent mark


nounAnimal Behavior.
  1. a distinctive odor that an animal deposits on the ground or other surface, as by urinating, which functions as an identifying signal to other animals of the species.

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Other definitions for scent-mark (2 of 2)

scent-mark
[ sent-mahrk ]

verb (used without object)
  1. to deposit a scent mark; mark.

verb (used with object)
  1. to deposit a scent mark on; mark.

Origin of scent-mark

2
First recorded in 1955–60

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