natatorial

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After watching Potowski's natatorial gestures, Fairfax had longed to swim out of the elegance into a freer sea.

From Fairfax and His Pride by Vorst, Marie Van

The natatorial type of the Quadrumana, however, is most assuredly wanting.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry

One can learn to swim without describing his sensations to every casual acquaintance or hunting up the natatorial columns in the newspapers.

From Different Girls by Various

Mr Swainson absolutely excludes Man from the zoological circle, on grounds which few naturalists are disposed to think sufficient; else we might suggest that man himself is the natatorial type of the Primates.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry

He was a master of the natatorial art, but he was not amphibious, and soon would have to come to the surface or die.

From Footprints in the Forest by Ellis, Edward Sylvester