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Definition of: recumbent
(ri·kum′bənt) adjective
1. Lying down, wholly or partly; reclining; leaning.
2. Biol. Tending to rest upon a surface from which they extend: said of certain structures. [<L recumbens, -entis, ppr. of recumbere <re-back + cumbere lie, nasalized var. of cubare lie down]
—re·cum′bent·ly adverb
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