nares
Americanplural noun
singular
narisplural noun
Etymology
Origin of nares
1685–95; < Latin nārēs, plural of nāris a nostril; nose
Example Sentences
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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
Even tonsillitis can be described as a malign hypertrophied condition that affects nares and pharynx and may result in paraphonia clausa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their beaks were ebony black with saffron-yellow nares.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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