exhalant

or exhalent

[eks-hey-luh nt, ek-sey-] /ɛksˈheɪ lənt, ɛkˈseɪ-/

Word Origin

adjective

exhaling; emitting.

noun

something that exhales, as the ducts of certain mollusks.

Origin of exhalant

Latin

1765-1775

1765-75; < Latin exhālant- (stem of exhālāns), present participle of exhālāre to exhale; see -ant

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The products from both of these organs are carried out through the exhalant siphon.

Elementary Zoology, Second Edition Vernon L. Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for exhalant

exhalant

/ɛksˈheɪlənt; ɪɡˈzeɪ-/

adjective

emitting a vapour or liquid; exhaling: an exhalant siphon, exhalant duct

noun

an organ or vessel that emits a vapour or liquid

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