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from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, having the heads in contrary directions: applied to animals borne couchant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry Lying down, with the
heads in oppositedirections .
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