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couch⋅ant

[kou-chuhnt]
–adjective
1. lying down; crouching.
2. Heraldry. (of an animal) represented as lying on its stomach with its hind legs and forelegs pointed forward.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF, prp. of coucher to lay or lie. See couch, -ant
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adj.   Heraldry
Lying down with the head raised.

[Middle English, from Old French, present participle of couchier, to lie down; see couch.]
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