Usually means: Nasal openings for breathing, smelling.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word nostrils:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. nostrils: Merriam-Webster
  2. nostrils: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nostrils: Vocabulary.com
  4. Nostrils, nostrils: Wordnik
  5. nostrils: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. nostrils: Wiktionary
  7. nostrils: Dictionary.com
  8. nostrils: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Nostrils: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Nostrils: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nostrils: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nostrils: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. nostrils: Medical dictionary

(Note: See nostril as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nostril)

noun:  Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.
▸ Also see nostril


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