[gahr-dnt] 
| (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant. |
guar·dant also gar·dant (gär'dnt)  (click for larger image in new window) adj. Heraldry Positioned so that the head is turned toward the viewer. Used of an animal depicted so that its body is viewed from the side. [Obsolete French, from Old French guardant, gardant, present participle of garder, to guard; see guard.] |
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