בלאָזלאָך
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]בלאָז (bloz) + לאָך (lokh). Compare German Blasloch.
Noun
[edit]בלאָזלאָך • (blozlokh) m or f, plural בלאָזלעכער (blozlekher)
- (marine biology) blowhole (spiracle on the top of the head through which cetaceans breathe)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “blowhole (of whale)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN