"scent mark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scent marks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scent mark (plural scent marks)
  1. A strong-smelling substance, from the urine or a gland, deposited by an animal to mark its territory.
    Sense id: en-scent_mark-en-noun-YEKI3L1u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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