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‖ rhinarium|raɪˈnɛərɪəm|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ῥῑν-, ῥίς nose + -arium. Cf. F. rhinarion.]
a. Ent. The space between the anterior edge of the nasus and the lip.
b. In mammals, the extremity of the nose, esp. when hairless and habitually moist.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxxiv. III. 455 The under side of..the rhinarium is lined with a quadrangular fleshy cushion. Ibid. xlv. IV. 254 The rhinarium or nostril-piece. 1900W. Sclater Mammals S. Africa I. 156 Cephalophinæ. Antelopes of small or medium size; rhinarium well developed. 1947J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xiv. 102 The grey rhebuck..has woolly fur, a large rhinarium, and no gland patches under the ears. 1976Nature 29 Jan. 339/1 These [sc. resemblances between Tarsius and the anthropoids] include the absence of a rhinarium, a retinal structure similar to the anthropoid fovea.
Hence rhiˈnarial a.
1929F. W. Jones Man's Place among Mammals xiv. 86 The details of rhinarial structure. 1955W. C. O. Hill Primates II. 3 Shortening of the face..is partly due to reduction in the size of the nasal apparatus, including under this head not only the olfactory organs but also the rhinarial complex. |