free-swimming

Free-swimming — Free swim ming, a. (Zo[ o]l.) 1. Swimming in the open sea; said of certain marine animals. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zoology) able to swim about; not attached to a stationary object; of aquatic animals. [WordNet sense 1] Syn: unattached. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

free-swimming — /free swim ing/, adj. Zool. (of aquatic organisms) not attached to a base nor joined in a colony; capable of swimming about freely. [1890 95] * * * …   Universalium

free-swimming — Swimming about; not sessile …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

free-swimming — adjective Date: 1869 able to swim about ; not attached < the free swimming larva of the barnacle > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

free-swimming — moving freely in the water. Applied to fish that hatch in gravel and develop there initially …   Dictionary of ichthyology

free swimming — Общая лексика: свободноплавающий …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

free-swimming — [ˌfriː swɪmɪŋ] 1) Зоология: свободноплавающий 2) Рыбоводство: свободно плавающий …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

Free-diving — Free diver with monofin, ascending. Freediving is any of various aquatic activities that share the practice of breath hold underwater diving. Examples include breathhold spear fishing, freedive photography, apnea competitions and, to a degree,… …   Wikipedia

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics — Swimming at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Pictogram for swimming at the 2008 Games Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center Shunyi Olympic Rowing Canoeing Park Dates …   Wikipedia

Swimming with dolphins — is the activity of aquatic interaction between people and dolphins (mainly of Tursiops truncatus species). Over the ages, humans have always been fascinated by dolphins. This fascination heightened in the 1950s when oceanariums and aquariums… …   Wikipedia