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Definition of recumbent noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

recumbent

noun
 
/rɪˈkʌmbənt/
 
/rɪˈkʌmbənt/
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  1. a type of bicycle that is ridden by a person in a lying position
    • He had a flag on a pole on the back of his recumbent to make it more visible to other vehicles.
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin recumbent- ‘reclining’, from the verb recumbere, from re- ‘back’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’.

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