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ingulphant

ingulphant adjective: swallowing.

ingulphant: swallowing
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Adjective

ingulphant (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon, whale, etc) Swallowing.
    • Per pale azure and purpure, three whales' heads erased or, each ingulphant of a spear-head argent, were the arms borne by Sir Hugh Vaughan of Littleton in Middlesex, in the reign of Henry VIII; and were quartered with[…]1842, Thomas Moule, Heraldry of Fish: Notices of the Principal Families Bearing Fish in Their Arms, London : J. van Voorst, page 48
    • […] dolphins haurient, respectant and ingulphant of the flukes of an anchor reversed all proper; on a chief azure three mullets of the first.1920, Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, page 766
    Synonyms:
    vorant

Synonyms of ingulphant

Origin of ingulphant

Cognate to engulfing?

Questions about ingulphant

What does ingulphant mean?
Ingulphant means swallowing.
What part of speech is ingulphant?
Ingulphant is an adjective.

Words near ingulphant in the dictionary

  1. ingulfing
  2. ingulfment
  3. ingulfments
  4. ingulfs
  5. ingulph
  6. ingulphant
  7. ingulphed
  8. ingulphing
  9. ingulphs
  10. ingurgitate
  11. ingurgitated

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