blowhole
pronunciation
How to pronounce blowhole in British English:
UK [ˈbləʊhəʊl]
How to pronounce blowhole in American English:
US [ˈbloʊhoʊl]
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- Noun:
- the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
- a hole for the escape of gas or air
Word Origin
- blowhole (n.)
- also blow-hole, 1787, of whales and porpoises, from blow (v.1) + hole.
Example
- 1. The evolution of the blowhole , for example , might have happened in the following way
- 2. Spout moist air from the blowhole , as of some marine mammals .
- 3. Dolphins will often touch their genitals together or one male might even mount another and penetrate its blowhole .
- 4. Sure , some accounts say the man was drunk , and was actively trying to shove a stick into the dolphin 's blowhole at the time .