A naris that provides one of the small external openings of the head that give passage to air for breathing.
Comment:
[homology-note] "In a tetrapod, the nasal sac has an external naris (homologous with the anterior naris of the fish) (...).[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0000544", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0072528305 Kardong KV, Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution (2006) p.257 and Figure 7.27", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}; [taxon-note] "Fish have two pairs of external nostrils."