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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.

Of or belonging to the nostrils.

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.

Nostril. [Obs.] [Written also nosethurl, nosthrill.] Chaucer.

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.

Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.

to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.

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.

Having the nostril covered with a scale. Pomarine jager (Zoöl.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.

himself with sporting with a tame partridge. Jer. Taylor. These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent. Dr. H. More.

Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils.

ted by Sir W. Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow from nostrils. and sometimes from the hands and feet. Am. Cyc.

Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.

Compsomyia macellaria), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. -- Screw wrench. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. -- To put the screw, or screws, on, to use…

Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.

To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort. Keats.

The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.

stag, as , which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.

Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs. -- n. (Zoöl.)

A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.