Blowhole — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull

a hole for the escape of gas or air

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kænθˈɑːɹɹɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹaʊˈɒliə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹaʊˈɒliə/

2 syllables Say it as /kænθˈɑːɹɹɪs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

venthole vent-hole vent

Word Forms

ventilate

verb

expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Atemloch

das Spirakel eines Wals, das sich weit hinten am Schädel befindet

🇫🇷French

évent

le stigmate d'un cétacé situé loin en arrière sur le crâne

🇪🇸Spanish

sopladura

el espiráculo de un cetáceo situado muy atrás en el cráneo

🇮🇹Italian

sfiatatoio

lo spiracolo di un cetaceo situato nella parte posteriore del cranio

🇳🇱Dutch

blaasgat

het siphon van een walvisachtige, ver achter op de schedel

🇵🇹Portuguese

respiradouro

o espiráculo de um cetáceo localizado bem atrás no crânio

🇷🇺Russian

дыхало

дыхальце китообразного, расположенное далеко на черепе

India

🇮🇳Hindi

छेद

सीतासियन का सर्पिल खोपड़ी पर बहुत पीछे स्थित होता है

🇧🇩Bengali

ব্লোহোল

মাথার খুলির অনেক পিছনে অবস্থিত একটি cetacean এর spiracle

🇮🇳Tamil

ஊதுகுழி

மண்டை ஓட்டின் மீது வெகு தொலைவில் அமைந்துள்ள ஒரு செட்டாசியனின் சுழல்

🇮🇳Telugu

బ్లోహోల్

పుర్రెపై చాలా వెనుకకు ఉన్న సెటాసియన్ యొక్క స్పిరకిల్

🇮🇳Marathi

ब्लोहोल

कवटीवर खूप मागे स्थित एक cetacean च्या spiracle

🇮🇳Gujarati

બ્લોહોલ

ખોપરી પર ખૂબ પાછળ સ્થિત સીટેશિયનનું સર્પાકાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬ್ಲೋಹೋಲ್

ತಲೆಬುರುಡೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಹಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ನೆಲೆಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಸೆಟಾಸಿಯನ್ ಸ್ಪಿರಾಕಲ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബ്ലോഹോൾ

തലയോട്ടിയിൽ വളരെ പുറകിൽ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരു സെറ്റേഷ്യൻ സ്പൈക്കിൾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بلو ہول

کھوپڑی پر بہت پیچھے واقع سیٹاسیئن کا اسپریکل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

气孔

鲸目动物的气孔位于头骨的后方

🇯🇵Japanese

噴気孔

頭蓋骨のずっと後ろにあるクジラ目の気門

🇰🇷Korean

통풍구

두개골 뒤쪽에 위치한 고래류의 기문

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lỗ phun nước

linh hồn của loài giáp xác nằm ở phía sau hộp sọ

🇹🇭Thai

ช่องลม

เกลียวของสัตว์จำพวกวาฬที่อยู่ด้านหลังกะโหลกศีรษะมาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

lubang sembur

spirakel cetacea yang terletak jauh di belakang tengkorak

🇲🇾Malay

lubang semburan

spirakel cetacean terletak jauh di belakang tengkorak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فتحة النفخ

معجزة الحوتيات تقع بعيدًا على الجمجمة

🇮🇷Persian

سوراخ سوراخ

مارپیچ یک سیتاس که خیلی پشت سر جمجمه قرار دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

hava deliği

kafatasının çok gerisinde bulunan bir deniz memelisinin sivri ucu

🇮🇱Hebrew

חור נשיפה

ספירקל של לומנייה הממוקמת הרחק מאחור על הגולגולת

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