adjective
- flowing or moving inward
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The incurrent siphon allows water to flow into the clam’s body.
- Incurrent water carries oxygen and nutrients to the organism.
- The biologist studied the incurrent flow patterns in the marine animal.
- Incurrent canals direct water toward the central cavity.
- The sponge’s incurrent pores filter particles from the water.
- Researchers measured the incurrent water velocity in the experiment.