Recursant
In heraldry an animal show recursant, tergiant, or (rarely) tergant has its back shown to the viewer.[1][2] The terms are most often employed to describe an eagle in flight, but may also describe such animals as a crab, lobster, frog, lizard, scorpion, spider, turtle, or insect.
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The blazon for this coat of arms is "Or, a lion rampant dimidiated with an eagle recursant displayed gules" which means "A gold background/ shield, upon which appears a red rampant lion cut in half vertically on the left and on the right a similarly cut red eagle with its back to the viewer and its wing spread out
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