tergiant

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Definition of tergiant

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adj

(not-comparable)Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer.

“Tortoise [:] this animal is usually borne displayed tergiant in fesse, which position is sometimes described as passant. The term gradient seems to be used to mean the same, and tergiant seems to be implied though not expressed.”
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:tergiant.”

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Ultimately from Latin tergum.

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