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blowhole::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | vent, vent-hole, venthole |
| Type of | hole |
| Has types | smoke hole |
blowhole::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | spiracle |
Examples of blowhole
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The evolution of the blowhole, for example, might have happened in the following way.
From the foxnews.com
While it looks like a third nostril, Martin says, it's also like a dolphin's blowhole.
From the usatoday.com
The blowhole is displaced slightly to the left when viewed from above facing forward.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He shot them out his blowhole, but their raft was shattered in the process.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A whale's nose is a giant hole on the top of its head called a blowhole.
From the dailyherald.com
Young visitors are often intrigued by the blowhole near the ball court.
From the ocregister.com
How did the whale evolve, in particular how did the blowhole evolve from a land animal?
From the blog.beliefnet.com
It was so close that we were almost hit by the spray from his blowhole.
From the sfgate.com
An erroneous understanding of blowhole origins is not likely to lead to bad public policy.
From the scienceblogs.com
- The spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
- Vent: a hole for the escape of gas or air
- In biology, a blowhole is the hole at the top of a cetacean's head through which the animal breathes air. It is homologous with the nostril of other mammals. As whales reach the water surface to breathe, they will forcefully expel air through the blowhole. ...
- In geology, a blowhole is formed as sea caves grow landwards and upwards into vertical shafts and expose themselves towards the surface, which can result in quite spectacular blasts of water from the top of the blowhole if the geometry of the cave and blowhole and state of the weather are ...
- The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breath; A vent for the escape of gas; 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 are expelled; An unintended cavity filled with air ...
- (Blowholes) Nostrils on the top of a whale's head used to blowout stale air from the whale's lungs.
- In cetaceans, the single or paired respiratory opening.
- A gas-filled cavity in a solid metal. Usually formed by the trapping of bubbles of gas evolved during solidification, but may also be caused by steam generated at the mold surface, air entrapped by the incoming metal, or gas given off by inflammable mold dressing.
- A nostril opening on the top of the head of cetaceans (whales, porpoises, dolphins).
