Associations to the word «Spiracle»

Wiktionary

SPIRACLE, noun. A pore or opening used (especially by spiders and some fish) for breathing.
SPIRACLE, noun. The blowhole of a whale, dolphin or other similar species.
SPIRACLE, noun. Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.

Dictionary definition

SPIRACLE, noun. A breathing orifice.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope