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- noun Plural form of
nostril .
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Examples
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But a camel's nostrils are made differently, so that whenever he likes he can _close his nostrils_, as easily as you can close your mouths, and that keeps away the sand.
The Wonders of the Jungle Book One Sarath Kumar Ghosh
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In the pony the area devoted to the nostrils is as large as that devoted to the rest of the body; in the pig almost the whole of the sensory area of the cerebral cortex devoted to the sense of touch is given to fibres from the snout, which the pig uses to explore its environment.
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This gorgeous, homemade tiki fireplace complete with smoking nostrils is lavishly documented in this build log.
Boing Boing: February 12, 2006 - February 18, 2006 Archives 2006
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I remembered what the author of the Book of Job had said about the horse: 'The glory of his nostrils is terrible.
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I remembered what the author of the Book of Job had said about the horse: 'The glory of his nostrils is terrible.
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I remembered what the author of the Book of Job had said about the horse: 'The glory of his nostrils is terrible.
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I remembered what the author of the Book of Job had said about the horse: 'The glory of his nostrils is terrible.
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His Grace's thin nostrils wrinkled up in a curious grimace.
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Old associations are sure to be fragrant herbs in English nostrils; we pull them up as weeds.
Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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And since God, at first, breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, and breathes the breath of the new life still, the smell of their nostrils is like the smell of apples, or oranges, which is pleasing and reviving.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
elisheba commented on the word nostrils
what do you call the part BETWEEN the nostrils? does it have a name at all...? (ok, i stole this question from peter greenaway's "a zed a two noughts" :-D)
September 4, 2008
mollusque commented on the word nostrils
The nasal septum. (If you're dirhinic.)
September 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word nostrils
*looking in mirror to detect dirhinism*
September 5, 2008
mollusque commented on the word nostrils
Reesetee, it must be easier to look in the mirror now that you've eliminated one head. Does that mean there's only one of you now? Or do you regrow heads like Hydra?
September 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word nostrils
Wouldn't you like to know.
*adjusting remaining head*
September 5, 2008
grasshopper commented on the word nostrils
Master reesetee, I hope you did not remove the head from which I sprang. I have an aboriginal affection for it.
September 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word nostrils
Grasshopper seems to turn up at just the right moments... ;)
September 5, 2008
mollusque commented on the word nostrils
Uncanny isn't it? Do you think reesetee is channeling himself?
September 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word nostrils
*twitches*
September 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word nostrils
Reesetee doesn't channel, no matter how many heads spring forth. In fact, you'd better hightail it out of here, gh--chained_bear and bilby look a little hungry. ;->
September 5, 2008