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The spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
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blowhole
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blowhole \Blow"hole`\, n. A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale ...
Wikipedia
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Blowhol may refer to: Blowhole (anatomy) , the hole at the top of a whale's or other cetacean's head Blowhole (geology) , a hole at the inland end of a sea cave Blowhole Diversion Tunnel in Victoria, Australia A type of casting defect in metalworking The ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe. 2 A vent for the escape of gas. 3 A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, that leads to a marine cave from which wave water and/or bursts of air ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also blow-hole , 1787, of whales and porpoises, from blow (v.1) + hole .
WordNet
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n. the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull a hole for the escape of gas or air [syn: vent , venthole , vent-hole ]
Usage examples of blowhole.
Ryder send me out to get close-up blowhole pictures of a gray whale who had a hideous head cold?
Quinn rose in his chair as far as the restraints would allow and saw that Scooter did indeed have a blowhole just behind his melon.
He retrieved his pants from a storage nook that opened with a flap of skin like the blowhole on a killer whale.
Again Nate was put in mind of the blowhole of a toothed whale, but it was so big, nearly four feet across, it was just.
He looked up, expecting to see sky through the blowhole, but instead he saw just more smooth whaleskin.
Shanol squealed from his blowhole, rolling an eye up at the figure leaning over the side of the ship.
On the far side of the spring it took a breath though its blowhole and then dove towards the bottom where there was a crack in the rocks.
Its surface method of communication was its blowhole, which Herzer still gripped, although less firmly.
He screamed in sonar, bubbles pouring out of his blowhole and backed up, his tail flailing wildly.
Sport sank down and emitted a stream of bubbles from his blowhole, culminating in a bubble-ring.
Feeling the canvas around him and the tubing in his blowhole, he panicked a little.
The fish nearest our stern released a burst of propellant from its blowhole, and drifted closer to the drive shaft.
While I watched it squirted propellent from its blowhole, floated toward the flat of the disk.
He had been very careful to keep the straps clear of the single blowhole on the back of the head, through which the dolphin breathed when it surfaced, and which closed automatically when it dived.
In a moment, he was inside the grotto and bobbing up to the surface, floating in the pure beam of sunlight from the blowhole some fifteen feet above his head.