SPIRACLE


Meaning of SPIRACLE in English

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin spiraculum, from spirare to breathe Date: 15th century a breathing hole ; vent , a breathing orifice: as, blowhole 2, an external tracheal aperture of a terrestrial arthropod that in an insect is usually one of a series of small apertures located along each side of the thorax and abdomen, spiracular adjective

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