nostrils

Meaning of nostrils

plural noun

either of two external openings of the nasal cavity in vertebrates that admit air to the lungs and smells to the olfactory nerves.

Old English nosterl, nosthyrl, from nosu ‘nose’ + thȳr(e)l ‘hole’.

Information about nostrils

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of nostrils is: nostril.
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Hyphenation of nostrils

nos-trils

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • nostrils is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with nostrils

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