free-swimming
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Etymology
Origin of free-swimming
First recorded in 1890–95
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“Observations of free-swimming newborn white sharks are extremely rare,” says Tobey Curtis, a shark scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who was not involved in the research.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 29, 2024
Currently, the researchers are refining their imaging techniques and experimental platform for a follow-up study to examine free-swimming sperm under similar conditions.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023
Living throughout the world’s temperate and tropical seas, stalked barnacles begin life as free-swimming larvae that ride ocean currents until they settle, often en masse, on driftwood, a ship’s hull, or other floating objects.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 23, 2023
Instead it lives its entire life as a tiny free-swimming creature, and it does so inside a balloon made up of a transparent sheet of cellulose, the main constituent of plants’ cell walls.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 3, 2022
The stationary oyster is of higher organization than the free-swimming medusa; and the cold-blooded and less heterogeneous fish is quicker in its movements than the warm-blooded and more heterogeneous sloth.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
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