Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of free-swimming.
Two days after hatching the majority were freeswimming and had become almost transparent in coloration.
1968, Tropical Fish Hobbyist - Volume 16, Issues 7-12, page 813 more examples
In the freeswimming Rotifers the foot has a very different shape but is often formed in accordance with its main function of steering organ.
1923, Carl Wesenberg-Lund, Contributions to the biology of the Rotifera, page 119It swims remarkably well, rotating during swimming, and is able to live in this freeswimming stage for about 36 hours.
1926, Skrifter, page 25Appendix Holotricha-Astomata: freeswimming, more or less completely and evenly ciliate throughout; no oral aperture.
2016, Bob Gibbons, Green Guide to Seashore Life Of Britain And Europe, →ISBN, page 73
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