אָטעמלאָך
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]אָטעם (otem) + לאָך (lokh). Compare German Atemloch.
Noun
[edit]אָטעמלאָך • (otemlokh) m or f, plural אָטעמלעכער (otemlekher)
- (marine biology) blowhole (hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “blowhole (in ice)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN