sedentary
Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
Example
“The oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.”
Other meanings
Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.
Not moving much; sitting around.
Related words
- endosedentary
- nonsedentary
- sedentarily
- sedentariness
- sedentarism
- sedentarization
- semisedentary
- unsedentary
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sedentary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.