nasus

Example sentences from the Web for nasus

• Name from Nasus tortus, a convulsed nose, alluding to the effect of its pungent qualities.

  The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray

• That part of the Face immediately contiguous to the Antenn, that lies behind the Nasus, when distinctly marked out.

  An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) |William Kirby

• When the Nasus, Gen, &c. are dilated so as to shelter and overshadow the mouth.

  An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) |William Kirby