NATANT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 3

adj. Na't'nt. Lat., nafans (from natare, to swim). Fr., nageant. Ger., xchirimmend. Floating on or under the surface of water (said of plants or their parts). The Natantes and Natant i a are various groups of swimming animals. [B, 19, 123 (a, 35); a, 48.] [s. 71]