Word Meanings - PALATONARES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The posterior nares. See Nares.

NARES
The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
POSTERIORLY
Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.
POSTERIORITY
The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
POSTERIORS
The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift.
POSTERIOR
At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal. (more info) 1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. Broome. 2.
PRAENARES
The anterior nares. See Nares. B. G. Wilder.
CANARESE
Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India.
TUBINARES
A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils.
A POSTERIORI
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
PALATONARES
The posterior nares. See Nares.
POSTNARES
The posterior nares. See Nares.