בלאָזלאָך

Yiddish

Etymology

בלאָז (bloz) +‎ לאָך (lokh). Compare German Blasloch.

Noun

בלאָזלאָך • (blozlokh) m or f, plural בלאָזלעכער (blozlekher)

  1. (marine biology) blowhole (spiracle on the top of the head through which cetaceans breathe)

See also

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “blowhole (of whale)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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