(frē'swĭm'ĭng)
adj.
Able to swim freely; not sessile or attached: the free-swimming larva of the oyster.
free-swimmer free'-swim'mer n.
free-swimming
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(of animals) able to swim about; not attached
Synonym: unattached
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- planula (invertebrate zoology)
- cercaria
- cyphonautes
- diphyozooid
- planoblast
- cyphonautes (invertebrate zoology)
- cypris (invertebrate zoology)
- furcocercous cercaria (invertebrate zoology)
- nekton (invertebrate zoology)
- rataria larva (invertebrate zoology)
- Testudinellidae (invertebrate zoology)
- miracidium
- thaliacea
- actinotrocha (invertebrate zoology)
