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COUCHANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does couchant mean?
• COUCHANT (adjective)
The adjective COUCHANT has 1 sense:
1. lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
Familiarity information: COUCHANT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
Similar:
unerect (not upright in position or posture)
Domain category:
heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)
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