Definition of natant in English:

natant

adjective ˈneɪt(ə)ntˈnātnt

technical, literary

Swimming or floating.
〈正式，罕〉游泳的；漂浮的
Example sentencesExamples
- Previously unstudied and earlier-known specimens have revealed the wide cephalic doublure and median ventral suture in Stenopilus; the hypostome is unknown but was probably natant.
- Since two of the primitive calymenides, Pharostomina and Bavarilla, had natant hypostomes it seems very likely that the Cambrian sister taxon would also be natant.
- It is likely that the primitive sister group of the Asaphida was a member of Ptychopariida with a natant hypostomal condition: derived members are either conterminant or impendent.
- The natant decapods engage in the most extensive grooming.
- The hypostome and its condition, natant or conterminant, is unknown.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin natant- 'swimming', from the verb natare.

Definition of natant in US English:

natant

adjectiveˈnātnt

literary, technical

Swimming or floating.
〈正式，罕〉游泳的；漂浮的
Example sentencesExamples
- The hypostome and its condition, natant or conterminant, is unknown.
- It is likely that the primitive sister group of the Asaphida was a member of Ptychopariida with a natant hypostomal condition: derived members are either conterminant or impendent.
- Since two of the primitive calymenides, Pharostomina and Bavarilla, had natant hypostomes it seems very likely that the Cambrian sister taxon would also be natant.
- The natant decapods engage in the most extensive grooming.
- Previously unstudied and earlier-known specimens have revealed the wide cephalic doublure and median ventral suture in Stenopilus; the hypostome is unknown but was probably natant.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin natant- ‘swimming’, from the verb natare.

词汇	natant
释义	Definition of natant in English: natant adjective ˈneɪt(ə)ntˈnātnt technical, literary Swimming or floating. 〈正式，罕〉游泳的；漂浮的 Example sentencesExamples Previously unstudied and earlier-known specimens have revealed the wide cephalic doublure and median ventral suture in Stenopilus; the hypostome is unknown but was probably natant. Since two of the primitive calymenides, Pharostomina and Bavarilla, had natant hypostomes it seems very likely that the Cambrian sister taxon would also be natant. It is likely that the primitive sister group of the Asaphida was a member of Ptychopariida with a natant hypostomal condition: derived members are either conterminant or impendent. The natant decapods engage in the most extensive grooming. The hypostome and its condition, natant or conterminant, is unknown. Origin Mid 18th century: from Latin natant- 'swimming', from the verb natare. Definition of natant in US English: natant adjectiveˈnātnt literary, technical Swimming or floating. 〈正式，罕〉游泳的；漂浮的 Example sentencesExamples The hypostome and its condition, natant or conterminant, is unknown. It is likely that the primitive sister group of the Asaphida was a member of Ptychopariida with a natant hypostomal condition: derived members are either conterminant or impendent. Since two of the primitive calymenides, Pharostomina and Bavarilla, had natant hypostomes it seems very likely that the Cambrian sister taxon would also be natant. The natant decapods engage in the most extensive grooming. Previously unstudied and earlier-known specimens have revealed the wide cephalic doublure and median ventral suture in Stenopilus; the hypostome is unknown but was probably natant. Origin Mid 18th century: from Latin natant- ‘swimming’, from the verb natare.
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