Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The area of bare skin around the nostrils of ruminants; the muffle.
- noun In entomology, the nostril-piece; the front part of the nasus, or clypeus, or its equivalent when reduced in size: used in the classification of the Neuroptera. In certain lamellicorn beetles it forms a large sclerite between the clypeus and the labrum.
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- noun tip of a
mammal 'snose that is mostlywet
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Infra-clypeus: = ante-clypeus and rhinarium: q.v..
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Ante-clypeus: Odonata; the lower of the two divisions of the clypeus; the inferior half of the clypeus whenever there is any apparent line of demarcation: = clypeus-anterior; infra-clypeus; rhinarium; second clypeus.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
silas commented on the word rhinarium
"The hairless and moist nose of some mammals."
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