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Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.

a small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also bruang, and Malayan bear. -- Sun beetle (Zoöl.), any small lustrous beetle of the genus Amara. -- Sun bittern (Zoöl.), a singular South American bird (Eurypyga helias), in some respects rela…

The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.

ilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids. And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear. Chaucer.

to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec.

A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.

unded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. To the very tip of the nose. Shak.

To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather. The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope.

To break completely; to break in pieces. [Obs.] With nose and mouth to-broke. Chaucer.

Long and well-proportioned; nicely made; pretty. [Obs.] "Her nose tretys." Chaucer.

irection. Trident bat (Zoöl.), an Asiatic rhinolophid bat (Triænops Persicus), having the nose membrane in the shape of a trident.

A complex sugar, as raffinose, yielding by hydrolysis three simple sugar molecules.

es of the family Tupaiidæ, somewhat resembling squirrels in size and arboreal habits. The nose is long and pointed.

, or sometimes gray, eyes, brachycephaly, and very long, prominent, and moderately narrow nose.

as in plowing, digging, etc. (c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up the nose. -- To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself. -- To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to throw into disorder. This house is turned upside down since Ro…

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose. Shak.

n is past his sense, There's no way to reduce him thence, But twinging him by the ears or nose, Or laying on of heavy blows. Hudibras.

Not having a ring, as in the nose. "Pigs unringed." Hudibras.

ird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose.

orous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nose membrane.