hauriant

[ hawr-ee-uhnt ]

adjective

, Heraldry.

1. (of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward:

   a dolphin hauriant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hauriant¹

1565–75; variant of haurient < Latin haurient- (stem of hauriēns ) drawing, scooping up, present participle of haurīre; haustellum, -ant, -ent

Example Sentences

Shell-fish are blazoned erect or upright, the term hauriant being only applicable to fishes with scales and fins.

From Project Gutenberg

On an escutcheon a herring hauriant; the only instance of this bearing in connection with Yarmouth.

From Project Gutenberg