rhinarium

[prettygoodword]

rhinarium (reye-NAIR-ee-um) - n., the moist naked area surrounding the nostrils in most mammals.


The damp nose of the dog. Note that most primates lack this -- it's one of our distinguishing features. Wikipedia has more. I don't have an etymology aside from the obvious rhinos is Greek for nose.

---L.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

and not a gymnasium for rhinos, which it might have been.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Or a rhino farm.

---L.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Surely you mean a glass and wrought-iron enclosure intended to hold rhinos as a decorative element in the Victorian home.