Usually means: Holes for transmitting smell nerves.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Olfactory foramina)

noun:  The olfactory foramina, also known as the cribriform foramina (cribr- is "a sieve" in Greek), is the grouping of holes located on the cribriform plate.


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