单词 | spiraculum |
释义 | spiraculumn. 1. = spiracle n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > volcanic vent chimneyc1374 vent1604 firepit1651 spiraculum1670 spiracle1671 solfatara1764 sulphur1764 volcanic crater1776 fumarole1811 air volcano1814 mud volcano1816 salse1831 blowhole1858 pipe1877 soufrière1879 bocca1881 mofette1887 pan1888 blowing-cone1895 smoke-hole1899 fault-vent1903 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 295 There are diuers spiracula, or Vents round about it, out of which the thick smoke presseth furiously. a1705 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (1713) i. iii. 13 The enclosed Fire was not of Force sufficient to make its way out, or found not Spiracula to vent itself. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. Notes 12 The volcanos themselves appear to be spiracula or chimneys belonging to great central fires. 1820 T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. iv. 115 It contains two principal spiracula, or vents, from whence..huge stones and rocks are precipitated. 2. = spiracle n.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > ventilation opening or hole breathinga1387 suspiralc1430 breathing hole?1440 wind-ventc1450 air hole1601 spiracle1620 ventage1623 spirament1654 wind-hole1683 spiraculuma1734 blowhole1858 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §74 360 Like a Chymist's Fire,..upon opening the Spiracula of the Furnace..the Flame broke out. 3. Zoology. = spiracle n.1 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [noun] > breathing-pore respiracle1555 stigma1747 spiraculum1768 spiracle1775 breathing pore1796 1768 G. White Let. 12 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 40 If some curious gentleman would procure the head of a fallow-deer..he would find it furnished with two spiracula, or breathing-places, besides the nostrils. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VI. 676/2 All insects..respire through pores..which are termed spiracula. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. 425 The remarkably large spiracula in glow-worms. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 396 Peripheral nerves pass out from the anterior ganglion... Others pass backwards to the spiracula. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1670 |
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