Definition of "nares" []

• Plural form of naris. (noun)

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• "Paul (1987a, b) seems to have been the first to reject the scavenging hypothesis, at least in print, stating of Quetzalcoatlus that ‘Its slender, two-meter beak, with only thin bars around the external nares, is too weak for regular scavenging’ (p. 20)."
• "Located between the tip of the snout and the eye on each side of the head are two small openings called the nares analogous to nostrils."
• "As in the other photos, the two spots above the fish's mouth are are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils. sponsored by"