anterior naris

1. 1.

   either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose

   Synonymsnostril

   Broadernaris

   Part ofnose

Questions about anterior naris

What does anterior naris mean?

anterior naris means "either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose".

What is another word for anterior naris?

Close synonyms include nostril. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anterior naris a common word?

anterior naris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.