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NARIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: nares   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("naris" is a kind of...):

opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naris"):

anterior naris; nostril (either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose)

posterior naris (either one of the two posterior openings at the back of the nasal cavity leading to the nasopharynx)

Derivation:

narial (of or relating to or near the nares)

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