hauriant

A coat of arms with two fish haurient addorsed.

Meaning

Adjective

Of a fish, etc.: in a vertical orientation, with its head up (to chief) and tail down (to base).

Origin

From Latin haurientem, the present participle of hauriēns, the present participle of hauriō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-.

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