exhalant or ex·hal·ent [eks-hey-luh nt, ek-sey-] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective exhaling; emitting. noun something that exhales, as the ducts of certain mollusks. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of exhalant 1765–75; Latin exhālant- (stem of exhālāns), present participle of exhālāre to exhale; see -ant Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for exhalant Historical Examples of exhalant
The products from both of these organs are carried out through the exhalant siphon.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition
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British Dictionary definitions for exhalant exhalant adjective emitting a vapour or liquid; exhalingan exhalant siphon; exhalant duct noun an organ or vessel that emits a vapour or liquid Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012