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Free-swimming   /fri-swˈɪmɪŋ/   Listen
adjective
Free-swimming  adj.  (Zool.)
1.
Swimming in the open sea; said of certain marine animals.
2.
(Zoology) Able to swim about; not attached to a stationary object; of aquatic animals.
Synonyms: unattached.





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"Free-swimming" Quotes from Famous Books



... shell of a bivalve mollusc, and guards them for weeks, removing any mud that might injure their development. We have seen a British starfish with its fully-formed young ones creeping about on its body, though the usual mode of development for shore starfishes is that the young ones pass through a free-swimming larval period in the open water. The father sea-spider carries about the eggs attached to two of his limbs; the father sea-horse puts his mate's eggs into his breast pocket and carries them there in safety until ...
— The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) - A Plain Story Simply Told • J. Arthur Thomson


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