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Word of the Day - couchant
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couchant
/ΛkaΚtΚ(Ι)nt/
adjective
Heraldry
usually postpositive (of an animal) lying with the body resting on the legs and the head raised.
Origin
Late Middle English: French, βlyingβ, present participle of coucher (see couch).
Calvin, the cat, rested couchant on the back of the couch, relaxed in the afternoon sun from the front window, but attentive to the birds in the shrubs, flitting from branch to branch.
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