free-swimming

[free-swim-ing]

adjective

Zoology.

1. (of aquatic organisms) not attached to a base nor joined in a colony; capable of swimming about freely.

free-swimming

adjective

1. (of aquatic animals or larvae) not sessile or attached to any object and therefore able to swim freely in the water

Other Word Forms

• free-swimmer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of free-swimming¹

First recorded in 1890–95