exhalant

American

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

Or exhalent

adjective

exhaling; emitting.

noun

something that exhales, as the ducts of certain mollusks.

exhalant British

/ ɛksˈheɪlənt, ɪɡˈzeɪ- /

adjective

emitting a vapour or liquid; exhaling

an exhalant siphon
exhalant duct

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noun

an organ or vessel that emits a vapour or liquid

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Etymology

Origin of exhalant

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

Example Sentences

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"La femelle du tigre, exhalant l'odeur du carnage, fait retentir les solitudes de l'Afrique de ses miaulements affreux, et paraît remplie d'attraits à ses cruels amants."

From Project Gutenberg

In the latter class there are vast differences, but uniformly intellect is prominent above sensibility; human faith and love are exhalant, aspirant, and rendered of a vapory subtilty by the interpenetration with them of the Olympian sunlight of thought and imagination.

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