natatory
Britishadjective
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of or relating to swimming
Etymology
Origin of natatory
C18: from Late Latin natātōrius, from natāre to swim
Example Sentences
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Here are a variety of natatory — that’s swimming related — audiobooks, to dive into this summer.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2022
Enterprising swimming pool managers tempted thither two distinguished amateur natatory females, Gertrude Ederle, famed near Channel-swimmer, and Aileen Riggin, Olympic fancy-diving champion in 1920.
From Time Magazine Archive
A proof of his natatory powers is found in the fact that Arctic voyagers have observed him swimming about in the open sea full twenty miles from the nearest land!
From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William
The eyes were probably stalked, the antennae and mandibles biramous and natatory, and both armed with masticatory processes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
I had no stomach for further natatory stunts that night.
From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
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