'Free-swimming' definitions:
Definition of 'free-swimming'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of animals) able to swim about; not attached [syn: free-swimming, unattached]
Definition of 'Free-swimming'
From: GCIDE
- Free-swimming \Free"-swim`ming\, a. (Zool.)
- 1. Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zoology) able to swim about; not attached to a stationary object; -- of aquatic animals. [WordNet sense 1]
- Syn: unattached. [WordNet 1.5]