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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.