spiracle

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A pore or opening used (especially by spiders and some fish) for breathing
The blowhole of a whale
{n} a breathing hole, small vent, pore
a breathing orifice
Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid
One of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheæ of insects, myriapods, and arachnids
A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes
It is the modified first gill cleft
{i} air hole, opening which allows the passage of air; (Zoology) respiratory aperture (as in whales, sharks, spiders, etc.)
These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed
The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals
They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment
under Coleoptera
spiracles
plural of spiracle
spiracle
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