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 Definitions for blowhole: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Blowhole \Blow"hole`\, n.
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or
other cetacean.
[1913 Webster]
Note: There are two spiracles or blowholes in the common
whales, but only one in sperm whales, porpoises, etc.
[1913 Webster]
3. A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to
breathe.
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4. (Founding) An air hole in a casting.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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blowhole
n 1: the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
2: a hole for the escape of gas or air [syn: vent, venthole,
{vent-hole}]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "blowhole":
air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway,
armhole, avenue, breathing hole, bullet-hole, bunghole, channel,
chute, cringle, deadeye, debouch, door, egress, emunctory, escape,
estuary, exhaust, exit, eye, eyelet, floodgate, flume, gasket,
grommet, guide, keyhole, knothole, loop, loophole, louver,
louverwork, manhole, mousehole, naris, nostril, opening, out,
outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, peephole, pigeonhole,
pinhole, placket, placket hole, pore, port, porthole, punch-hole,
sally port, shaft, sluice, spilehole, spiracle, spout, tap,
touchhole, transom, vent, ventage, venthole, ventiduct,
ventilating shaft, ventilator, vomitory, way out, weir,
wind tunnel
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