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spiracle n. 呼吸孔,气孔,喷水孔 呼吸孔,气孔,喷水孔 spiracle n 1: a breathing orificeSpiracle \ Spir" a* cle\, n.[ L. spiraculum, fr. spirare to breathe: cf. F. spiracule. See { Spirit}.] 1. ( Anat.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) ( a) One of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheae of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under { Coleoptera}. ( a) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid. [ 1913 Webster] 75 Moby Thesaurus words for " spiracle": air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, armhole, avenue, blowhole, 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, spout, tap, touchhole, transom, vent, ventage, venthole, ventiduct, ventilating shaft, ventilator, vomitory, way out, weir, wind tunnel
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