Counter-couchant

Counter-couchant
Counter-couchant Coun"ter-couch`ant (koun"t[~e]r*kouch"ant), a. (Her.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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