couchant

Definitions


[ˈkaʊtʃ(ə)nt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of an animal) lying with the body resting on the legs and the head raised
(e.g: two lions couchant)


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Origin:
late Middle English: French, ‘lying’, present participle of coucher (see couch)




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