recursant

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English[edit]

An eagle volant recursant descendant in pale, emblem of the 38th Air Division of the US Air Force

Etymology[edit]

From Latin recursans, recursantis, present participle of recursare (“to run back”), v. freq. of recurrere. See recur.

Adjective[edit]

recursant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry, especially of an eagle) Having its back towards the observer.
    Synonyms: terg(i)ant, en arrière
    • 1870, Routledge's Magazine for Boys, page 64:
      Argent, an eagle recursant, wings overture, sable.
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