Definition of nostril

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Nostril (n.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares..

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Blowhole :: Blowhole (n.) A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.
Thrill :: Thrill (v. t.) A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird..
Nose :: Nose (n.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory..
Snort :: Snort (v. t.) To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
Expire :: Expire (v. t.) To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
Strepsorhine :: Strepsorhine (a.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.
Berna Fly :: Berna fly () A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae do great injury..
Ozena :: Ozena (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose..
Rhinitis :: Rhinitis (n.) Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils..
Nostril :: Nostril (n.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares..
Nosethril :: Nosethril (n.) Nostril.
Catarrhine :: Catarrhine (n.) One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey..
Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals..
Fossa :: Fossa (n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds..
Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
Nares :: Nares (n. pl.) 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..
Siphorhinal :: Siphorhinal (a.) Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels..
Narine :: Narine (a.) Of or belonging to the nostrils.
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