Excurrent Definition

ĭk-skûrənt
adjective
Running out or forth.
Webster's New World
Having an undivided projecting main stem, as fir trees.
Webster's New World
Of ducts, tubes, or passages whose contents flow outward.
Webster's New World
Projecting beyond the tip, as the midrib of certain leaves.
Webster's New World

Origin of Excurrent

  • Latin excurrēns excurrent- present participle of excurrere to run out excursion

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Excurrent Sentence Examples

  • Probe passed into the superior division of the subpallial chamber through the excurrent siphonal notch, and issuing by the side of the foot into the inferior division of the sub-pallial chamber.

  • It is through this passage, or indirectly through the pores of the gill-plates, that the water introduced into the lower subpallial space must pass on its way to the excurrent siphonal notch.

  • The atrial region extends from the mouth over about twothirds of the length of the body, terminating at a large median ventral aperture, the atriopore; this is the excurrent orifice for the respiratory current of water and also serves for the evacuation of the generative products.

  • A probe (g) is introduced through this slit-like passage, and it is seen to pass out by the excurrent siphonal notch.

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