nares
Americanplural noun
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naris
singular
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
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 Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
A groove, but not a complete division of the nasal, is present above the left naris of one specimen.
From Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard by Charles J. Cole
It is slightly anterodorsal to the internal naris and 4.0 mm. lateral to the midline.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
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 Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
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