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windpipe

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wind·pipe  (wndpp)
n.
See trachea.
windpipe
Noun
a nontechnical name for trachea
windpipe  (wndpp)
See trachea.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.windpipewindpipe - membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
trachea
epiglottis - a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing
upper respiratory tract - the nose and throat and trachea
cartilaginous tube - a duct with cartilaginous walls
cervix, neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck"
Translations
Spanish windpipe [ˈwɪndpaɪp] n → tráquea
French windpipe [ˈwɪndpaɪp] n → gosier m
German windpipe [ˈwɪndpaɪp] n → Luftröhre f
Italian windpipe [ˈwɪndpaɪp] n → trachea
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But he cannot in any degree breathe through his mouth, for, in his ordinary attitude, the Sperm Whale's mouth is buried at least eight feet beneath the surface; and what is still more, his windpipe has no connexion with his mouth.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Besides the soreness in my mouth, and the pain in my neck, it always made my windpipe feel bad, and if I had stopped there long I know it would have spoiled my breathing; but I grew more and more restless and irritable, I could not help it; and I began to snap and kick when any one came to harness me; for this the groom beat me, and one day, as they had just buckled us into the carriage, and were straining my head up with that rein, I began to plunge and kick with all my might.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
First it was her arms that wound themselves about my neck, long, sinuous, and supple as the tentacles of some vile monster; then, as I struggled, her thumbs were on my windpipe like pads of steel.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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