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Blowhole   /blˈoʊhˌoʊl/   Listen
Blowhole

noun
1.
The spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull.
2.
A hole for the escape of gas or air.  Synonyms: vent, vent-hole, venthole.





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"Blowhole" Quotes from Famous Books



... the long pent-up rain descended, and a sudden ghastly rending asunder of the clouds showed far below them the heaving ocean, high above them the jagged and glistening rocks, and at their feet the black and murderous abyss of the Blowhole—empty. ...
— For the Term of His Natural Life • Marcus Clarke


Words linked to "Blowhole" :   cetacean, air duct, cetacean mammal, hole, smoke hole, venthole, vent-hole, blower, spiracle, air passage, airway


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