blowholes
- plural of blowhole.
Example Sentences
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Like the blue whale, fin whales are balleens, sporting two blowholes and, instead of teeth, hundreds of rows of baleen plates made of keratin.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024
Forelimbs morphed into flippers, noses became blowholes, ears remodeled to hear while submerged.
From Scientific American • Mar. 14, 2023
Tags, stuck behind the animals’ blowholes, captured what the dolphins heard and called to each other as well as their movements.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023
Lisa says: "During high seas they become magnificent blowholes and seeing spray blasted out of their tops is quite a surreal experience when walking towards them on the cliff."
From BBC • May 6, 2019
At the same time, the whales blew air from their blowholes, and a dense layer of bubbles surged upward, forcing the robots into the tidal wave’s path.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
