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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HAURIENT

Hau "ri *ent, a. Etym: [L. hauriens, p. pr. of haurire to breathe. ](Her. )

Defn: In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air.

New American Oxford Dictionary

haurient

hau ri ent |ˈhôrēənt ˈhɔriənt | ▶adjective [ postpositive ] Heraldry (of a fish or marine creature ) depicted swimming vertically, typically with the head upward. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin haurient- ‘drawing in (air, water, etc. ),’ from the verb haurire.

Oxford Dictionary

haurient

haurient |ˈhɔːrɪənt | ▶adjective [ postpositive ] Heraldry (of a fish or marine creature ) depicted swimming vertically, typically with the head upwards. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin haurient- ‘drawing in (air, water, etc. )’, from the verb haurire.