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exhalent

[eks-hey-luhnt, ek-sey-]

ex·hal·ant

[eks-hey-luhnt, ek-sey-]
adjective
1.
exhaling; emitting.
noun
2.
something that exhales, as the ducts of certain mollusks.

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Exhalent is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Also, ex·hal·ent.


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