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Definition of Natator
1. Noun. A person who travels through the water by swimming. "He is not a good swimmer"
Generic synonyms: Traveler, Traveller
Specialized synonyms: Floater, Aquanaut, Skin-diver, Surfboarder, Surfer
Derivative terms: Swim
Definition of Natator
1. Noun. swimmer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Natator
Literary usage of Natator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1882)
"order to show the longest time that " natator" caa stay under water. ... natator "
sits down (tailor fashion) at the bottom of the aquarium, ..."
2. Beetles by James Duncan (1858)
"The most common in this country, as well as throughout the middle and northern
parts of Europe, is GYRINUS natator. PLATE IV. FIG. 2. Linn. ..."
3. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman (1890)
"M. de Borre says that he has found all the intermediate forms between caspius
and natator, which, assuming that his caspius is the same as that of Aube, ..."
4. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"TYPE LOCALITY. — St. John's Parish, South Carolina. * Oryzomys natator
natator (Chapman). 1893. Oryzomys palustris natator CHAPMAN, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"1893 Oryzomys palustris natator Chapman. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. ... As the
natator form is thus synonymous from an anatomic and zoogeographic ..."
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