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FREE-SWIMMING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free-swimming mean?
• FREE-SWIMMING (adjective)
The adjective FREE-SWIMMING has 1 sense:
1. (of animals) able to swim about; not attached
Familiarity information: FREE-SWIMMING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of animals) able to swim about; not attached
Synonyms:
free-swimming; unattached
Similar:
vagile (having freedom to move about)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
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