EXCURRENT Definition & Meaning

excurrent

[ ik-skur-uhnt, -skuhr- ]

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adjective

running out or forth.
Zoology. giving passage outward; affording exit:
the excurrent canal of certain sponges.
Botany.
1. having the axis prolonged so as to form an undivided main stem or trunk, as the stem of the spruce.
2. projecting beyond the apex, as the midrib in certain leaves.

excurrent

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adjective

zoology having an outward flow, as certain pores in sponges, ducts, etc
botany
1. (of veins) extending beyond the margin of the leaf
2. having an undivided main stem or trunk, as the spruce and other conifers
flowing or running in an outward direction

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of excurrent¹

1595–1605; < Latin excurrent- (stem of ��泦�ܰ��ŧ�Բ� ) present participle of excurrere to run forth. See ex- ¹, current

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of excurrent¹

C19: from Latin excurrere to run forth; see excursion

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The answer may involve the shipworm’s sensory papillae, fleshy bumps on the excurrent siphons of the animal that become erect during pseudocopulation, Dr. Distel said.

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Each shipworm has an incurrent siphon, which takes in water, and an excurrent siphon, which expels waste.

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In certain knots, the excurrent siphons of different shipworms appeared to be wrestling with each other in competition, pulling incurrent siphons away from groping the excurrent ones.

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These zooids have an incurrent and excurrent siphon and use cilia to pump water for feeding, respiration and movement. Using a mucus net, they filter water for small planktonic microorganisms.

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Flowering glume thin, compressed, carinate, 2-toothed, awned above by the excurrent mid nerve.

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