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NATATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does natator mean?
• NATATOR (noun)
The noun NATATOR has 1 sense:
1. a person who travels through the water by swimming
Familiarity information: NATATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who travels through the water by swimming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Context example:
he is not a good swimmer
Hypernyms ("natator" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natator"):
floater (a swimmer who floats in the water)
aquanaut; skin-diver (an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder)
surfboarder; surfer (someone who engages in surfboarding)
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