natatorial

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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

Mr Escot had considerably outstripped his companions, and arrived at the scene of the disaster just as Mr Cranium, being utterly destitute of natatorial skill, was in imminent danger of final submersion.

From Headlong Hall by Peacock, Thomas Love

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

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

They have no squeamishness whatever about his watching their own natatorial duties; why, then, should he shrink within himself and wave them off?

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

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