counterpotent
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]counterpotent (plural counterpotents)
- (heraldry) A fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches: the T shapes are alternatingly upright and inverted, such that the broad side of each T touches the broad sides of the adjacent row's like-colored T.