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free-swimming

free-swim·ming
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [free swim-ing]
    • /fri ˈswɪm ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [free swim-ing]
    • /fri ˈswɪm ɪŋ/

Definitions of free-swimming word

  • adjective free-swimming (of aquatic organisms) not attached to a base nor joined in a colony; capable of swimming about freely. 1
  • adjective free-swimming (of aquatic animals or larvae) not sessile or attached to any object and therefore able to swim freely in the water 0
  • adjective free-swimming capable of swimming about freely 0
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Origin of free-swimming

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Free-swimming

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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free-swimming popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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    a free-swimming starfish larva

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  • comatulid

    any of a group of crinoid echinoderms, including the feather stars, in which the adults are free-swimming

  • feather star

    a free-swimming crinoid.

  • holoplankton

    plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).

  • hydrozoan

    any freshwater or marine coelenterate of the class Hydrozoa, including free-swimming or attached types, as the hydra, in which one developmental stage, either the polyp or medusa, is absent, and colonial types, as the Portuguese man-of-war, in which both medusa and polyp stages are present in a single colony.
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