natatorial
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of natatorial
First recorded in 1810–20; natat(ion) + -orial
Example Sentences
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Devin, who works 10-hour days in the lab, trains five days a week at Meadowbrook Aquatic and Fitness Center in Baltimore, the natatorial home of Olympian Michael Phelps.
From Washington Post
The feathers of swans, ducks and of the common domestic fowl are also largely employed for beds; but in the case of the latter bird, which is of course non-aquatic, the feathers are harsher 229 and less downy than are those of the natatorial birds generally.
From Project Gutenberg
After watching Potowski's natatorial gestures, Fairfax had longed to swim out of the elegance into a freer sea.
From Project Gutenberg
There is yet," says Mr Swainson, "another primary type necessary to complete the circle of the quadrumanous animals, and it is that which we have elsewhere distinguished as the natatorial; but of such an animal we have only vague and indefinite accounts.
From Project Gutenberg
To account for this is altogether impossible; we can only call attention to the fact, as exemplified in the aquatic order of Cetacea, in that of the Feræ, in the Pachydermata, in the circle of the Glires, and in all the remaining natatorial types of the different circles of quadrupeds.
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