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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swimming \Swim"ming\, a.
1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in,
swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.
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2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
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{Swimming bell} (Zool.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under
{Siphonophora}.
{Swimming crab} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
marine crabs, as those of the family {Protunidae}, which
have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs
flattened so as to serve as fins.
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