Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
naris .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Anat.) The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the
anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and theposterior nares , the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
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- noun Plural form of
naris .
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Examples
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Paul (1987a, b) seems to have been the first to reject the scavenging hypothesis, at least in print, stating of Quetzalcoatlus that ‘Its slender, two-meter beak, with only thin bars around the external nares, is too weak for regular scavenging’ (p. 20).
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Located between the tip of the snout and the eye on each side of the head are two small openings called the nares analogous to nostrils.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Located between the tip of the snout and the eye on each side of the head are two small openings called the nares analogous to nostrils.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Located between the tip of the snout and the eye on each side of the head are two small openings called the nares analogous to nostrils.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Located between the tip of the snout and the eye on each side of the head are two small openings called the nares analogous to nostrils.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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As in the other photos, the two spots above the fish's mouth are are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils. sponsored by
Spero News 2009
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The two spots above the fish's mouth are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils.
Spero News 2009
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The two spots above the fish's mouth are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils.
Spero News 2009
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As in the other photos, the two spots above the fish's mouth are are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils. sponsored by
Spero News 2009
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The two spots above the fish's mouth are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils.
Spero News 2009
fbharjo commented on the word nares
nares nostrils
January 13, 2007