spiracle
Kelime Anlamı :
1. solungaç yarığı.
2. solunum deliği.
3. delik.
4. nefes alıp verme deliği.
5. (isim) solunum deliği, solungaç yarığı, hava deliği (balina vb.).
6. hava deliği (balina vb.).
Tanımlar :
1.
zoology A respiratory aperture, especially:
2. zoology any of several tracheal openings in the exoskeleton of an insect or a spider.
3. zoology A small respiratory opening behind the eye of certain fishes, such as sharks, rays, and skates.
4. zoology the blowhole of a cetacean.
5. an aperture or opening through which air is admitted and expelled.
2. zoology any of several tracheal openings in the exoskeleton of an insect or a spider.
3. zoology A small respiratory opening behind the eye of certain fishes, such as sharks, rays, and skates.
4. zoology the blowhole of a cetacean.
5. an aperture or opening through which air is admitted and expelled.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A pore or opening used (especially by spiders and some fish) for breathing.
2. the blowhole of a whale.
3. any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.
2. the blowhole of a whale.
3. any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
the nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.
2.
3. one of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheæ 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.
4. A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. it is the modified first gill cleft.
5. any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.
2.
3. one of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheæ 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.
4. A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. it is the modified first gill cleft.
5. any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
an aperture or orifice.
2. in zoology, an aperture, orifice, or vent through which air, vapor, or water passes in the act of respiration; a breathing-hole; a spiraculum: applied to many different formations.
3. A vent for small explosive outbreaks, produced upon the surface of a still highly heated and at least partially molten lava-stream by the escape of imprisoned vapors. A little cone of ejected clots may gather around it.
2. in zoology, an aperture, orifice, or vent through which air, vapor, or water passes in the act of respiration; a breathing-hole; a spiraculum: applied to many different formations.
3. A vent for small explosive outbreaks, produced upon the surface of a still highly heated and at least partially molten lava-stream by the escape of imprisoned vapors. A little cone of ejected clots may gather around it.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia