Naris

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  • noun. An external opening in the nasal cavity of a vertebrate; a nostril.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A nostril.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a nostril
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx
    • Word Usage
    "In Dipsochelys, however, the external naris is vertically elongated and the nasal passage is long and ascends steeply as it approaches the olfactory chamber."
    cross-reference
    anterior nares  posterior nares  
    variant
    nares  
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