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narial

UK/ˈnɛəɹi.əl/US/ˈnɛɹi.əl/

narial adjective: relating to, or located at or near, the nares.

Adjective

narial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or located at or near, the nares
    • Data on turtles and mammals were collected from the literature, numerous dried skulls, and dissection notes and accumulated experience; the stereoradiographic techniques were not used for these clades partly because turtles and mammals are less relevant for inferences about dinosaurs but mostly...2009, Science, pages 850–853
    • 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.1884, Robert A. Sterndale, Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

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Questions about narial

What does narial mean?
Narial means relating to, or located at or near, the nares.
What part of speech is narial?
Narial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce narial?
Narial is pronounced /ˈnɛəɹi.əl/ (UK).

Words near narial in the dictionary

  1. nargily
  2. Nargis
  3. nargs
  4. narguileh
  5. narguilehs
  6. narial
  7. naric
  8. narica
  9. naricas
  10. naricorn
  11. naricorns

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