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nostril

nost·ril

UK/ˈnɒs.tɹɪl/ US/ˈnɒs.tɹəl/ uncommon

noun

1.

either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose

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From Middle English nostrille, from Old English nosþyrel. Compare Old Frisian nosterle (“nostril”), modern West Frisian noaster (“nostrill”). Compare also Middle Low German noster (“nostril”), from Proto-Germanic *nustriz (“nostril”). By surface analysis, nose + thirl (“hole”).

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