Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the nostrils; narine: as, the narial openings or passages.

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  • adjective of, pertaining to, or located at or near, the nares.

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  • adjective of or relating to or near the nares

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Examples

  • Predictions: proficient terrestrial abilities; bill and head capable of probing into body cavities; bill robust around narial openings; flexible neck; highly developed soaring or gliding skills.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • 'Those strolls on sandy beaches, hand in hand, 'ek narial, do straw dena bhaiya' one coconut with 2 straws, watching the blazing sun sink under the waves.....

    What's Coming.... 2007

  • On the under side of the head, in front of the mouth, is the nasal aperture (olf.), the opening of the nasal sac, which, unlike the corresponding organ of the air-frequenting vertebrata, has no internal narial opening.

    Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata 1906

  • The asymmetry of the bones too is remarkable, although this is characteristic of all the catodon whales, especially as regards the bones of the anterior narial passages, the left of which is very much larger than the right.

    Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

  • The narial aperture is thus pushed up, and is short, with an upward direction, as in the Cetacea and Sirenia, with whom the Proboscidea have certain affinities.

    Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

  • The anterior narial aperture in the skull opens upwards, but the orifices of the nostrils are placed at the end of the muzzle.

    Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

  • Abbreviations: TCNDSFB, longest tooth length, condylobasal cranium length, narial position, dentary length, symphysis position, mandibular foramen height; and bulla length, respectively;

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  • The inner side facing the narial septum is flattened.

    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771

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  • Moreover, fishermen in Maharashtra including Mumbai do not venture into the sea officially in June to August (till the narial poornima day August 24), he said.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

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