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Nostril vs Nosethirl - What's the difference?

nostril | nosethirl |

As nouns the difference between nostril and nosethirl

is that nostril is either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages while nosethirl is a nostril.

nostril

English

(wikipedia nostril)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

    • Synonyms

    * naris * nosehole

    References

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    nosethirl

    English

    Alternative forms

    *nosethril

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nostril.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ix:
  • *:proud Encelade , whose wide nosethrils burnd / With breathed flames, like to a furnace red [...].

    • Anagrams

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