Meaning

(heraldry) Represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water..

Definitions by Sense

1. (heraldry) Represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.
2. A mass of floating vegetation, especially on the waters of the Mississippi delta.
3. Alternative form of floatant.

Example Sentences

a banner flotant

... (flotants) occur in abandoned distributaries and throughout the upper Mississippi Delta Plain. Flotants can be found in 3 settings : 1) an active or "live" flotant of various ages. 2) a flotant that is being transgressed by marine[…]

... flotants. Flotants generally occur in very low-energy environments. They are held together by surrounding shorelines and a weave of slowly deteriorating plant materials and living roots. Forested wetlands are not very common in[…]

[…] flotants, covered 75 percent of the western Terrebonne marshes. By 1998 thick-mat maidencane flotants had converted to fragile thin-mat floating marshes, vegetated in spikerush with no evidence as to why. Louisianans had lumped flotants[…]

... flotants, sinking solutions, absorbent granules for drying flies, line cleaners and leader straighteners. Flotants, which are considered the most important, come in several forms. Spray containers are easy to use but they waste a[…]

Flotants and Sinkants / When nymphing it is essential that the tip of the floating fly line floats, for this is a major indicator that a fish has taken the fly. Carry a small tub of grease (e.g. Mucelin) and if the tip of the fly[…]

... flotants were homemade concoctions of paraffin with lighter fluid or carbon tetrachloride to keep the wax in suspension. Most fly flotants today are made with silicone, and it can either be dissolved in a quick-drying solvent, in[…]

Word Forms

• floatant
• flottant
• flotants

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When Should You Use Flotant?

Use flotant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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