crouching
1. [ adjective ] squatting close to the ground
Synonyms: huddled hunkered_down hunkered crouched
Examples:

"poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind" "he stayed in the ditch hunkered down"

Related terms: unerect
Similar spelling:   crushing
  crushingly
  crashing
  Cruzan
  crossing
  croaking
  creaking
  cracking