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Blowhole meaning
The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe. | A hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe. | A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled.
Example sentences (7)
In the wheelhouse of a crab boat named Heidi Sue, Mike Pettis watched the gray whale surface and shoot water through its blowhole.
Me, I've got empathy coming out the blowhole.
In the videos, remoras tended to cluster around the whale’s blowhole and dorsal fin.
With the help of skilled drone pilots from SR3 or Sealife Response, Rehabilitation, and ResearchWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution the team worked together to position the drone over the blowhole of the whale and catch the spray.
A killer whale has been taught to speak human words through her blowhole.
They attempted to train Wikie to repeat their words, not though her mouth, but through her blowhole.
This is an efficient method of hunting, in which the whale has no major competitors.sfn Odontocetes seeAlso Odontocetes are known as toothed whales; they have teeth and only one blowhole.