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spiracle
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spiracle
1. any of several paired apertures in the cuticle of an insect, by which air enters and leaves the trachea
2. a small paired rudimentary gill slit just behind the head in skates, rays, and related fishes
3. any similar respiratory aperture, such as the blowhole in whales
4. Geology a protrusion of sediment into a lava flow, formed by the explosive transition of water into steam

spiracle [′spir·ə·kəl]
(invertebrate zoology)
An external breathing orifice of the tracheal system in insects and certain arachnids.
(vertebrate zoology)
The external respiratory orifice in cetaceous and amphibian larvae.
The first visceral cleft in fishes.


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