• (a.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.
Re·cur'sant adjective [ Latin recursans , -antis , present participle of recursare to run back, v. freq. of recurrere . See Recure .] (Her.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle. 
In heraldry the term recursant describes a figure, usually an eagle, displayed with its back toward the spectator.