Nares

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nares \Na"res\, n. pl. [L., pl. of naris nostril.] (Anat.)
     The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being
     the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the
     openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
     [1913 Webster] Nargile



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  naris
       n : any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to
           flow through the cavities to the pharynx
       [also: {nares} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nares
       See {naris}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "nares":
     antlia, beak, beezer, bill, bugle, conk, muffle, muzzle, neb, nib,
     nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactories, olfactory area,
     olfactory cell, olfactory nerves, olfactory organ, olfactory pit,
     pecker, proboscis, rhinarium, rostrum, schnozzle, smeller, snoot,
     snout, trunk