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counter-couchant

counter-couchant adjective: lying down, with the heads facing in opposite directions.

Adjective

counter-couchant (not comparable)

  1. Lying down, with the heads facing in opposite directions.
    • counter-couchant bulls

Origin of counter-couchant

From counter- + couchant.

Questions about counter-couchant

What does counter-couchant mean?
Counter-couchant means lying down, with the heads facing in opposite directions.
What part of speech is counter-couchant?
Counter-couchant is an adjective.

Words near counter-couchant in the dictionary

  1. counter-commute
  2. counter-commuted
  3. counter-commutes
  4. counter-commuting
  5. counter-compony
  6. counter-couchant
  7. counter-counter-measure
  8. counter-countermeasure
  9. counter-countermeasures
  10. counter-courant
  11. counter-cultist

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