olfactory pit — n a depression on the head of an embryo that becomes converted into a nasal passage called also nasal sac * * * the primordium of a nasal cavity … Medical dictionary
olfactory pit — a shallow depression on the snout of larval fish from which the olfactory organ develops … Dictionary of ichthyology
olfactory pit — noun 1. : an olfactory organ having the form of a small depression (as in amphioxi and various invertebrates) 2. : a depression on the head of an embryo that becomes converted into a nasal passage called also nasal sac … Useful english dictionary
pit — 1. SYN: fovea. 2. One of the pinhead sized depressed scars following the pustule of acne, chickenpox, or smallpox (pockmark). 3. A sharp pointed depression in the enamel surface of a tooth, due to faulty or incomplete … Medical dictionary
nasal pit — olfactory p … Medical dictionary
Nasal pit — Head end of human embryo, about the end of the fourth week. Latin fovea nasalis Gray s … Wikipedia
Nasal placode — Latin placoda nasalis, placoda olfactoria Gives rise to olfactory epithelium Code TE E5.3.0.0.0.0.8 The nasal placode (or olfactory placode[1]) gives rise to the olf … Wikipedia
nares — Synonyms and related words: antlia, beak, beezer, bill, bugle, conk, muffle, muzzle, neb, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactories, olfactory area, olfactory cell, olfactory nerves, olfactory organ, olfactory pit, pecker, proboscis, rhinarium,… … Moby Thesaurus
nose — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, Paul Pry, Paul Pry, antlia, aptness, beak, beezer, being, bent, bib nozzle, bill, body, bow, bowsprit, breathe, breathe in, bugle, bump, busybody, butt in, caress, cat, chap, character, conk, creature,… … Moby Thesaurus
nostril — Synonyms and related words: air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, antlia, beak, beezer, bill, blowhole, breathing hole, bugle, conk, louver, louverwork, muffle, muzzle, nares, naris, neb, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle,… … Moby Thesaurus
