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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 couch·ant /ˈkaʊʧənt/
 (a.)俯伏的,蹲著的,?頭伏臥狀的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Couch·ant a.
 1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.
 2. Her. Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast.
 Couchant and levant Law, rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 couchant
      adj : lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed
            forward [syn: couchant(ip)]