单词 | circumnatant |
释义 | > as lemmascircumnatant circumnatant adj. Brit. /ˌsəːkəmˈneɪt(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˌsərkəmˈneɪtnt/ [Latin natānt-em present participle of natāre to swim] swimming around.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adjective] > swimming > swimming around circumnatant1791 circumnatatory1835 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. Notes 76 With intervals of the circumnatant fluid between them. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 408 The..circumnatant ducks. < as lemmas |
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