The two spots above the fish's mouth are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils. From Wordnik.com. [Spero News] Reference
Skan felt his nares flushing, and he hung his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
"Oh, " she replied faintly, and her nares flushed again. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
Skan's nares flushed with mingled embarrassment and pride. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
Aqua fortissima purgans os, nares, quam non vult auro vendere. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
A trickle of blood slid from its nares, and the bright eye closed. From Wordnik.com. [PodCastle » 2010 » April] Reference
Zhaneel turned her head aside, and her nares flushed in embarrassment. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
Skan's nares flushed, but he managed to keep his voice from betraying him. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
The things that look like eyes are actually nose-like things called nares. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Fish shows the value of keeping a clear head] Reference
His breath turned ragged through his nares as he struggled against fatigue. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
Zhaneel's nares blushed red and she leapt straight up, gaining altitude madly. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
Skan ducked his head between his shoulder blades, his nares positively burning. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
Rain dripped into his nares and he sneezed to clear them, shaking his head fiercely. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Gryphon]
Knifelike wind whistled against his nares, chilling his sinuses, sharpening his mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
Amberdrake seized his friend's head in both hands, hooking his fingertips into the gryphon's nares. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Gryphon]
Begin with the nares or humming tone, giving it on as many different notes of the scale as can be easily reached. From Wordnik.com. [Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System] Reference
The extreme anterior part of the nares, or head cavity, is the chamber of resonance farthest from the vocal cords. From Wordnik.com. [Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System] Reference
That which is called nasality is caused by the failure of the tone to reach freely the anterior cavities of the nares. From Wordnik.com. [Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System] Reference
It is useful in practising the humming tone, or the nares tone, to imagine the whole atmosphere pervaded with pure resonance. From Wordnik.com. [Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System] Reference
The nasal cleft ultimately becomes the anterior nares. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
One can't imagine the nares-driven richness of a dog's world. From Wordnik.com. [Pax Nortona - A Blog by Joel Sax] Reference
When the nares were plugged blood escaped freely from the eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Smith and Jarvis record cases of congenital occlusion of the anterior nares. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Itaque confessoribus effodiebantur oculi, amputabantur manus, nares vel auriculae desecabantur. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2] Reference
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