free-swimming

(-swim′iŋ)

adjective

capable of swimming about freely: said as of certain protozoans

See free-swimming in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Able to swim freely; not sessile or attached: the free-swimming larva of the oyster.

Related Forms:

  • freeˈ-swimˈmer noun

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