free-swimming
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of free-swimming
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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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
But unlike most others in that group, it does not undergo metamorphosis from a free-swimming larva to a fixed-to-the-bottom, or sessile, adult.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 3, 2022
The free-swimming embryo of an aquatic annelid, being ovate and not ciliated all over, moves with one end foremost; and its differentiations proceed in conformity with this contrast of circumstances.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
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