Nasus is Latin for ''nose'' or ''snout'', and appears in many related terms.
Biology
Medicine
*
Nasus externus
The human nose is the most protruding part of the face. It bears the nostrils and is the first organ of the respiratory system. It is also the principal organ in the olfactory system. The shape of the nose is determined by the nasal bo ...
, the
external nose.
*
Auris Nasus Larynx, a medical journal ("Ear Nose Throat")
Zoology
Fish species
*
Gogonasus, a Devonian fish and link to early tetrapods
* ''
Barbus nasus
''Luciobarbus nasus'' is an extinct ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It was only found in the Oued Ksob of Morocco.
It inhabited habitat freshwater springs and was threatened by habitat loss.
The taxonomy and systematics of the ...
'', a Cyprinid fish
* ''
Bassozetus nasus'', a
cusk-eel
* ''Chondrostoma nasus'',
nase
''Chondrostoma'' (from the Ancient Greek roots (''khondros'') 'lump' + (''stoma'') 'mouth' = 'lump-mouth') is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are commonly known as nases, although this term is also used locally to de ...
* ''
Coilia nasus
''Coilia nasus'', also known as ungeo and the Japanese grenadier anchovy or Chinese tapertail anchovy is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Engraulidae (anchovies). It grows to total length; it is a relatively large species for its ge ...
'', an
anchovy
* ''Coregonus nasus'',
broad whitefish
* ''Lamna nasus'',
porbeagle, a shark
* ''
Menticirrhus nasus'',
highfin king croaker, (see
kingcroaker
''Menticirrhus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonng to the family Sciaenidae, the drums or croakers. They are commonly known as kingcroakers or kingfish. These fish are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans.
Taxonomy ...
)
* ''
Nematalosa nasus'',
Bloch's gizzard shad
The Bloch's gizzard shad (''Nematalosa nasus''), also known as gizzard shad, hairback, long-finned gizzard shad, long-ray bony bream and thread-finned gizzard shad, are a widespread and common, small to medium-sized anadromous fish found in all ...
(see
Clupeidae)
* ''
Ostracion nasus'',
shortnose boxfish (see
boxfish)
* ''
Parodon nasus
''Parodon'' is a genus of scrapetooths from South America, which can be found as far south as Río de la Plata.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Parodon alfonsoi'' Londoño-Burbano, Román-Valencia & Tap ...
'' (syn: ''
Parodon tortuosus''), freshwater fish (see
Characidae)
* ''
Typhlonus nasus
The faceless cusk (''Typhlonus nasus'') is a genus of cusk-eel found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans at depths from . This species grows to in standard length
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their an ...
'', a
cusk-eel (see
Ophidiidae)
* ''
Xenotilapia nasus
''Xenotilapia nasus'' is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species can reach a length of TL.
References
External links
Photograph
nasus
Nasus is Latin for ''nose'' or ''snout'', and appears in many related terms.
Bi ...
'', a Cichlid
Other species
* ''
Brookesia nasus
''Palleon nasus'', commonly known as the elongate leaf chameleon, is a species of chameleon endemic to Madagascar. It was initially described by Boulenger in 1887. The species contains two subspecies, ''P. n. nasus'' and ''P. n. pauliani''. It g ...
'', a small chameleon
* ''
Conopsis nasus
''Conopsis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family dat ...
'', a snake
* ''
Hylodes nasus'', Santa Catarina Tree Toad, (synonyms include: ''Hyla nasus'', ''Elosia nasuta'', ''Elosia nasus'', ''Enydrobius nasus'', ''Elosia nasus nasus'')
Morphology
*
Nasus
Nasus is Latin for ''nose'' or ''snout'', and appears in many related terms.
Biology
Medicine
* Nasus externus, the external nose.
* Auris Nasus Larynx, a medical journal ("Ear Nose Throat")
Zoology
Fish species
* Gogonasus, a Devonian ...
or fontanellar gun, the hornlike frontal projection of some termites
Other uses
Fictional characters
* Nasus, the Curator of the Sands, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''
League of Legends''
Geography
*
Nasus (Greece), a town of ancient Acarnania, Greece
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