free-swimming
free-swimming
Definition
free·-swimming (-swim′iŋ)
adjective
capable of swimming about freely: said as of certain protozoans
free-swimming
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- larva: In recent years there has been quite a craze for the Polish or Check heavily weighted nymphs that imitate free-swimming caddis larvae.
- stage: The problem being that the white spot parasites can't be killed until they reach the free-swimming stage of the cycle.
- eel: On the way back, after about an hour, I used the last five photos on a free-swimming moray eel.
- miracidia: Examine under a dissecting microscope, looking for the free-swimming miracidia emerging from the egg.
- moray: I also did a couple of night dives, where I saw free-swimming morays, octopus, turtles, couple of rays.
- colony: They were found to be the first free-swimming bryozoan colonies ever recorded.
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