Example sentences from the Web for natatory

In this family a great number of natatory vesicles are connected with the terminal arial vesicle, as in Fig. 101, Praya diphys.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
I had confidence enough in my natatory powers to make me easy on that score.
The Boy Tar|Mayne Reid
About the degree of your natatory powers we needn't dispute.
Gwen Wynn|Mayne Reid
The eyes were probably stalked, the antennae and mandibles biramous and natatory, and both armed with masticatory processes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7|Various

Many female parasitic crustaceans have lost their natatory legs.
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I (1st edition)|Charles Darwin

natatory

natatorial (ˌnætəˈtɔːrɪəl, ˌneɪtəˈtɔːrɪəl)

/ (nəˈteɪtərɪ) /

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adjective

of or relating to swimming

Word Origin for natatory

C18: from Late Latin natātōrius, from natāre to swim

Words nearby natatory

Natashquan, natation, natator, natatorial, natatorium, natatory, natch, Natchez, Natchez Trace, Natchitoches, nateglinide

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