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nares

[nair-eez] / ˈnɛər iz /


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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

“Nonsense,” said the swan snappily, putting its head into the water and giving them a frown with its black nares.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The alar cartilage consists of the apex of the nose; it surrounds the naris.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The palatine bears two large, grooved teeth anteriorly; the first is approximately 1.0 mm. posteromedial to the naris and the second is about 3.0 mm. posterior and slightly lateral to the naris.

From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton

The nasal is triangular and, with the lacrimal, forms the medial border of the naris.

From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton

Tantilla gracilis usually has a single nasal that is divided below the naris; variation in this characteristic is discussed above.

From Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard by Charles J. Cole

A cone-shaped bit of sponge, saturated with ferrous sulphate, was passed into each anterior naris, and another piece of sponge, similarly medicated, into either posterior naris.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle




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