naris

1. 1.

   any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx

   Broaderorifice

   Narrowernostrilposterior naris

Other forms of naris

plural

nares

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about naris

What does naris mean?

naris means "any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx".

How many syllables are in naris?

naris has 2 syllables: na-ris. The stress falls on "na".

Is naris a common word?

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.