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Free-swimming :: Free-swimming (a.) Swimming in the open sea; -- said of certain marine animals.

Water Shrew :: Water shrew () Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits..

Aquatic :: Aquatic (a.) Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls..

Gymnocopa :: Gymnocopa (n. pl.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages..

Diphyozooid :: Diphyozooid (n.) One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora.

Salpa :: Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix..

Hesperornis :: Hesperornis (n.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append..

Swimming :: Swimming (a.) Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain..

Heteronereis :: Heteronereis (n.) A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis..

Plesiosaurus :: Plesiosaurus (n.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age..

Steganopodous :: Steganopodes (n. pl.) A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others..

Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed..

Appendicularia :: Appendicularia (n.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix..

Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming..

Supernatant :: Supernatant (a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water..

Booby :: Booby (n.) A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby..

Swim :: Swimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swi.

Hydrophid :: Hydrophid (n.) Any sea snake of the genus Hydrophys and allied genera. These snakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a flattened tail for swimming..

Natatorious :: Natatorious (a.) Adapted for swimming; -- said of the legs of certain insects.

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