free-swimming
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.40 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It is a most remarkable fact that almost all these shore animals in their early development from the egg pass through free-swimming larval stages which are closely alike in form for very widely different zoological groups."
- "The presence of free-swimming and stalked ciliates, some flagellates, and rotifers in mixed liquor indicates a balanced, properly settling environment."