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natatory / natatorial

pertaining to swimming; inclined to or adapted for swimming or floating (natatorial species)
[ rhymes with: "ate a story" / "trait: arboreal" ]

natatorium

an indoor swimming pool

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Escape from the illigators
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Speculations on the oddest European artifact
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In wildest Michigan
(explore for a kids' Critter Catalog)

Speaking of critters . . .

. . . and their legs


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How to speak Crustacean

Of pigs and the sea I sing
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Sorting through the urban myths

Mighty mites

Getting to know your Aplysia
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Did the hippopotamus swim to Madagascar?
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Reinforced concrete -- its proud history
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Heating with geo
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Swimming or dancing?
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