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swimmer

  • noun
  • swim·mer
  • /ˈswɪm.ə/

A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

Other meanings

  1. A webfooted aquatic bird.

  2. A Norfolk dumpling.

Related words

  • backswimmer
  • finswimmer
  • microswimmer
  • nanoswimmer
  • nonswimmer
  • paraswimmer
  • swimmeret
  • blue swimmer crab
  • ice swimmer
  • rescue swimmer
  • little swimmer
  • side swimmer

Example sentences

  • “Deer are very good swimmers.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "swimmere".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “swimmer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.