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

An extra amount of the protective solution is sprayed into the lower part of the child's nares.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their beaks were ebony black with saffron-yellow nares.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George