Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A muscle on either side of the nose, the action of which is to depress the ala?, narrowing the anterior nares. Also called
compressor naris . - noun A remarkable genus of semnopithecine monkeys, containing the proboscis-monkey of Borneo, Semnopithecus nasalis or Nasalis larvatus.
- noun See cut in next column.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus of mammals comprising the proboscis monkeys.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A muscle of the
nose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun proboscis monkeys
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Now, if one thousand years may represent the period required for the evolution of the species _S. nasalis_, and of the other species of the genus Semnopithecus; ten times that period should, I think, be allowed for the differentiation of that genus, the African Cercopithecus and the other genera of the family
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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The Nasal Part of the Pharynx (pars nasalis pharyngis; nasopharynx) lies behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate: it differs from the oral and laryngeal parts of the pharynx in that its cavity always remains patent.
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Several kinds of mammals are peculiar to the island, among which may be mentioned the long-nosed monkey (_nasalis larvatus_).
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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Pyctorhis nasalis, _Legge, Hume, Cat. _ no. 385 bis.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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Rational Review 2009
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