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contranatant

Meaning of "contranatant" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CONTRANATANT

ˌkɒntrəˈneɪtənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTRANATANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contranatant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTRANATANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contranatant in the English dictionary

The definition of contranatant in the dictionary is swimming upstream, against the current.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTRANATANT

blatant · competent · concomitant · dilatant · excitant · exorbitant · habitant · hesitant · incompetent · inhabitant · intermittent · irritant · latent · militant · natant · palpitant · penitent · statant · supernatant · visitant

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTRANATANT

contrahent · contrail · contraindicant · contraindicate · contraindicated · contraindication · contrair · contralateral · contralti · contralto · contraoctave · contraplex · contraposition · contrapositive · contrapposto · contraprop · contrapropeller · contraption · contrapuntal · contrapuntalist

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTRANATANT

accountant · assistant · combatant · constant · consultant · contestant · distant · floatant · important · instant · montant · mutant · noncombatant · on the instant · Protestant · reluctant · resistant · resultant · retreatant · water-resistant

Synonyms and antonyms of contranatant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contranatant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTRANATANT

Find out the translation of contranatant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of contranatant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contranatant» in English.
zh

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contranatant
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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contranatant
570 millions of speakers
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contranatant
510 millions of speakers
hi

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contranatant
380 millions of speakers
ar

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contranatant
280 millions of speakers
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contranatant
278 millions of speakers
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contranatant
270 millions of speakers
bn

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contranatant
260 millions of speakers
fr

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contranatant
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Contranatant
190 millions of speakers
de

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contranatant
180 millions of speakers
ja

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contranatant
130 millions of speakers
ko

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contranatant
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Contranatant
85 millions of speakers
vi

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contranatant
80 millions of speakers
ta

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contranatant
75 millions of speakers
mr

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Contranatant
75 millions of speakers
tr

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contranatant
70 millions of speakers
it

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contranatant
65 millions of speakers
pl

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contranatant
50 millions of speakers
uk

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contranatant
40 millions of speakers
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contranatant
30 millions of speakers
el

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contranatant
15 millions of speakers
af

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contranatant
14 millions of speakers
sv

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contranatant
10 millions of speakers
no

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contranatant
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRANATANT»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contranatant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRANATANT»

Discover the use of contranatant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contranatant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations
Let us suppose that the effect of a current is to cause fish to orientate preferentially in a contranatant direction, that is, that a fish is more likely to be facing into than away from the current at any moment. The existence of preferential contranatant ...
Raymond J.H. Beverton, Sidney J. Holt, 1993
2
Animal Migration
These movements are described as denatant and contranatant, respectively ( Meek, 1915). Denatant means swimming, drifting or migrating with the current; contranatant means swimming or migrating against the current. In the classic ...
David J. Aidley, 1981
3
The Biology and Fisheries of the Slipper Lobster
The possible consequence of short pereiopods is that contranatant migration of lobsters to correct for displacement following nisto settlement downstream of adult lobster habitats may be limited, as opposed to the case in the longer-legged  ...
Kari L. Lavalli, Ehud Spanier, 2007
4
The Biology of Sea Turtles
Adult inter-nesting and/or breeding habitat. . Denatant Migration Contranatant Migration Denatant Migration Ujvenile Nursery Habitat Dually Petagic & Oceanic) [w. t ] Juvenile Developmental Habitat '"'ei ffl (Usually Demersal & Neritic) FIGURE ...
Peter L. Lutz, John A. Musick, 1996
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Fish & Fisheries
Denatant and contranatant movements. These two terms are applied for the movements of the fishes in relation to water current Denatant refers swimming or migrating with the current of water, for e.g., the movement of the pelagic eggs.
Dr. J.P. Shukla
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Fishery Science: The Unique Contributions of Early Life Stages
... 233, 238–239, 259 contranatant/denatant migration cycle see migration, contranatant/denatant convergence zone see hydrography, convergence zone convergent front see hydrography, front, convergent conversion efficiency (K1) 281, 282 ...
Lee A. Fuiman, Robert G. Werner, 2009
7
Fishery Investigations
Let us suppose that the effect of a current is to cause fish to orientate preferentially in a contranatant direction, that is, that a fish is more likely to be facing into than away from the current at any moment. The existence of preferential contranatant ...
8
Behaviour, Migrations, Distribution, and Stocks of Sturgeons ...
Meek (1916) also introduced the terms “denatant” and “contranatant” to designate migrations ... migratory fish may be regarded as anadromous or catadromous in a certain period of its life cycle and denatant or contranatant in another period.
R. P. Khodorevskaya, G. I. Ruban, D. S. Pavlov, 2009
9
Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
contranatant adj. Referring to swimming, moving, or migrating against water current (Lincoln et al. 1985). cf. denatant ♢contranym n. A word, or phrase, that is an antonym of itself through distortion, if not misuse (Safire 1997, 4 May, 22). syn.
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
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Marine Research
Fulton (19 1 3) showed the main plaice migratory spawning movement to be contranatant, northwards from the Firth of Forth along the east coast to the Moray Firth, with extensions to Orkney and thence westwards along the north coast.
REFERENCE
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