a. Her. [ad. L. ūrīnant-, ūrīnans, pres. pple. of ūrīnārī to dive.] Borne with the head downward, and the tail erect.
1688. Holme, Armoury, II. xiv. 327/1. He beareth Gules, a Dolphin reversed, Argent; (or else a Dolphin with the tail erected;) but more properly a Dolphin Urinant.
c. 1828. Berry, Encycl. Her., I. Gloss., Diving, or Urinant, is said of a dolphin or other fish, borne with the head downwards.
1863. Boutell, Her. Hist. & Pop., xi. 67. A fish is … urinant when its head is in base.
