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    (most commonly, "volant en arrière", said of bees). However, also see "recursant" below. Guardant or in full aspect indicates an animal with a body positioned...
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    Look up recursant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In heraldry, an animal recursant, tergiant, or (rarely) tergant is depicted as having its back shown...
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    actually on the field. An eagle shown recursant has its back towards the viewer, e.g., "An eagle volant recursant descendant in pale" is an eagle flying...
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    209 Squadron badge. Blazon: An eagle volant recursant descendant in pale, wings overture...
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    Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Gules an eagle displayed recursant argent armed and crowned or holding in its beak an annulet also or. Crest:...
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    the Squadron Standard Insignia Squadron Badge heraldry An eagle volant recursant descendant in pale, wings overture The red eagle was chosen due to the...
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    (white, outlined stone blue), over all an American bald eagle, volant recursant descendant, in pale, wings overture, all proper (head and tail white,...
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    Catholic worship was deliberately low key, usually in the private houses of recursant landholders or in domestic buildings adapted for services. Surviving chapels...
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