nares

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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