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BLOWHOLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hole for the escape of gas or air
Synonyms:
blowhole; vent; vent-hole; venthole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blowhole" is a kind of...):
hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blowhole"):
smoke hole (a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape)
Holonyms ("blowhole" is a part of...):
air duct; air passage; airway (a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blowhole" is a kind of...):
spiracle (a breathing orifice)
Holonyms ("blowhole" is a part of...):
blower; cetacean; cetacean mammal (large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals)
