Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A nostril; especially, the nostril of a hawk.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A nostril.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun nostril found in the beak of a bird
  • noun rare nostril

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  • nostril-like hole in a beak

    February 24, 2008