hauriant

American

[hawr-ee-uhnt] / ˈhɔr i ənt /

adjective

Heraldry.

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

a dolphin hauriant.

Etymology

Origin of hauriant

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

Example Sentences

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

From Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Quarterly, 1 and 4 a lion rampant for Percy, 2 and 3 three luces hauriant for Lucy—Percy.

From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)

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