couchant
/ˈkaʊtʃənt/
adjective
- Lying down with the head raised, used especially to describe an animal in a coat of arms or heraldry.
- The knight's banner displayed a stag couchant in gold.
- In heraldry, a beast couchant is shown resting but alert.
- The family crest featured a lion couchant on a shield.
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