nares
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of nares
1685–95; < Latin nārēs, plural of nāris a nostril; see nose
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When arctic seals huff and puff, icy air and water molecules fly up their nares and into a labyrinth of nose bones called maxilloturbinates.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2023
Air exits the nasal cavities via the internal nares and moves into the pharynx.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Curves for stool, buccal mucosa and anterior nares suggest that the proportion of gene-to-taxa discovery has stabilized.
From Nature ● Jun. 13, 2012
An extra amount of the protective solution is sprayed into the lower part of the child's nares.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their beaks were ebony black with saffron-yellow nares.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The alar cartilage consists of the apex of the nose; it surrounds the naris.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The maxilla encircles the posterior border of the naris and extends dorsally above the naris to an extent sufficient to indicate the probable exclusion of the lacrimal bone from the narial border.
From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Fox, Richard C.
The nasal is triangular and, with the lacrimal, forms the medial border of the naris.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
The posterior edge is slightly concave and in part forms the anterior border of the naris.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
A cone-shaped bit of sponge, saturated with ferrous sulphate, was passed into each anterior naris, and another piece of sponge, similarly medicated, into either posterior naris.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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