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Word: Spiracle
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: from Latin spiraculum, from spirare ‘breathe’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈspʌɪrək(ə)l
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an external respiratory opening, especially each of a number of pores on the body of an insect, or each of a pair of vestigial gill slits behind the eye of a cartilaginous fish.
Short Definition:external respiratory opening
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