hauriant
[ hawr-ee-uhnt ]
adjectiveHeraldry.
(of a fish) represented as erect, with the head upward: a dolphin hauriant.
Origin of hauriant
11565–75; variant of haurient<Latin haurient- (stem of hauriēns) drawing, scooping up, present participle of haurīre;see haustellum, -ant, -ent
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How to use hauriant in a sentence
Shell-fish are blazoned erect or upright, the term hauriant being only applicable to fishes with scales and fins.
Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art | John VinycombOn an escutcheon a herring hauriant; the only instance of this bearing in connection with Yarmouth.
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