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crouchant

crouchant adjective: lying down with the head erect.

Adjective

crouchant (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Lying down with the head erect.
    • a lion crouchant argent
    • […] standing over a crouchant elephant and mounted by a human figure holding the bridle passing through its mouth. The faces of the vimana are carved with the figures of the deities of the Hindu Pantheon.1912, Mano Mohan Ganguly, Orissa and Her Remains --: Ancient and Medieval … Introduction by … J. G. Woodroffe.), page 412
    Synonyms:
    couchant

Synonyms of crouchant

Questions about crouchant

What does crouchant mean?
Crouchant means lying down with the head erect.
What part of speech is crouchant?
Crouchant is an adjective.

Words near crouchant in the dictionary

  1. crotyls
  2. crotylsarin
  3. crouch
  4. Crouch End
  5. crouch ware
  6. crouchant
  7. crouched
  8. croucher
  9. crouchers
  10. crouches
  11. Crouchian

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