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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