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natant

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na⋅tant

  [neyt-nt]
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–adjective
1. swimming; floating.
2. Botany. floating on water, as the leaf of an aquatic plant.
Origin:
1700–10; < L natant- (s. of natāns), prp. of natāre to swim; see -ant

Related forms:
na⋅tant⋅ly, adverb
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na·tant   (nāt'nt)   
adj.  Floating or swimming in water.

[Latin natāns, natant-, present participle of natāre, frequentative of nāre, to swim; see snā- in Indo-European roots.]
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