mouth breather
noun
mouth breath·er
-ˌbrē-t͟hər 
: a person who breathes mostly through the mouth rather than the nose
He suffered from a deviated septum and was a chronic mouth breather.—
Michael Chabon, The New Yorker
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“Mouth breather.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/mouth%20breather. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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