exhalant

adjective

ex·hal·ant eks-ˈhā-lənt

ek-ˈsā-

variants or exhalent

: bearing out or outward : emissive

an exhalant siphon of a clam

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1771, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of exhalant was in 1771

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