- a variation of natatorial.
natatory
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of natatory
C18: from Late Latin natātōrius, from natāre to swim
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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
I had no stomach for further natatory stunts that night.
From The Land of Frozen Suns by Bertrand W. Sinclair
Perhaps this natatory clothing had kept him above water, while the surf had borne him to shore?
From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Jules Verne
In the Cyclopidae the posterior antennae have lost their secondary branch, and the mandibles have completely thrown off the previously existing natatory feet, whilst in the other families these appendages persist, more or less altered.
From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Muller
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