spiracle
nounDefinition of spiracle
1
: a breathing hole : vent
2
: a breathing orifice: such as
a
: blowhole sense 2
b
: an external tracheal aperture of a terrestrial arthropod that in an insect is usually one of a series of small apertures located along each side of the thorax and abdomen — see insect illustration
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