natatory

/ ˌneɪtəˈtɔːrɪəl; ˌnætəˈtɔːrɪəl; nəˈteɪtərɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to swimming

Word History and Origins

Origin of natatory¹

C18: from Late Latin natātōrius, from natāre to swim

Example Sentences

Here are a variety of natatory — that’s swimming related — audiobooks, to dive into this summer.

From Seattle Times

In those Copepods in which the palps of the mandibles as well as the antennae are biramous and natatory, the first three pairs of appendages retain throughout life, with little modification, the shape and function which they have in the nauplius stage, and must, in all likelihood, be regarded as approximating to those of the primitive Crustacea.

From Project Gutenberg

The eyes were probably stalked, the antennae and mandibles biramous and natatory, and both armed with masticatory processes.

From Project Gutenberg

They may, however, be natatory as in many Ostracoda and Copepoda, or prehensile, as in some Copepoda.

From Project Gutenberg

The thoracic limbs have the endopodites converted, as a rule, into more or less efficient walking-legs, and the exopodites are often lost, while the abdominal limbs more generally preserve the biramous form and are, in the more primitive types, natatory.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• amphibious
• floating
• marine
• maritime