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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Free-swimming

· Free·-swim·ming · IPA
01 a. Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals.
  1. 1.
    Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    able to swim about; not attached to a stationary object; -- of aquatic animals.(Zoology)
Syn. unattached.