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urinant

urinant adjective: of a fish: oriented vertically, with the head to base and tail to chief, as if diving.

urinant: of a fish: oriented vertically, with the head to base and tail to chief, as if diving
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Adjective

urinant (not comparable)

  1. Of a fish: oriented vertically, with the head to base and tail to chief, as if diving.
    • On a chapeau gules, guarded ermine, a gurnet (fish) urinant proper.1866, John Edwin Cussans, The Grammar of Heraldry: Containing a Description of All the Principal Charges Used in Armory, the Signification of Heraldic Terms, and the Rules to be Observed in Blazoning...
    • 2) gules, in bend two fish, urinant and hauriant, respectively, argent, their fins "dark azure" (sic).1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco
    Antonyms:
    hauriant, haurient

Antonyms of urinant

  • hauriant, haurient

Origin of urinant

From Latin ūrīnāns, present active participle of ūrīnor (“to dive”).

Questions about urinant

What does urinant mean?
Urinant means of a fish: oriented vertically, with the head to base and tail to chief, as if diving.
What part of speech is urinant?
Urinant is an adjective.

Words near urinant in the dictionary

  1. urinalysis
  2. urinalyst
  3. urinalysts
  4. urinalytic
  5. urinalytical
  6. urinant
  7. urinaria
  8. urinaries
  9. urinarily
  10. urinarium
  11. urinariums

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