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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 maxillary begins at a suture with the premaxillary lateral to the naris and continues posteriorly, bordering the orbit with a width of about 1.2 mm.

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

Beneath the naris the maxilla extends as a broad tapering shelf, the ventral surface of which articulates with the premaxilla.

From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Fox, Richard C.

The maxilla encircles the posterior border of the naris and extends dorsally above the naris to an extent sufficient to indicate the probable exclusion of the lacrimal bone from the narial border.

From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Fox, Richard C.

At the posteroventral corner of the naris a foramen opens onto the lateral surface of the maxilla.

From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Fox, Richard C.




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