swimming -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <meta name="robots" content="noindex" /> <title>swimming -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia</title> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/" > <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel-resources/3-130/dist/mendel-css.css?v=3.130.14" /> <script type="text/javascript"> function init() { setTimeout( function() { window.print(); }, 1000 ); } </script> </head> <body onload="init()" class="md-print-page topicPage topic-print-page"> <div class=""> <div> <h1>swimming</h1> <span class="marker before-article"></span><section data-level="1" id="ref1"><span class="marker PREMOD1 mod-inline"></span><div class="assemblies"><firstImage><asm id="116398" filename="/12/122512-004-2FE90696/Dog-swimming.jpg" alttext="swimming"><title>swimming</title><caption><span>Dog swimming.</span></caption></asm></firstImage></div><p class="topic-paragraph"><strong><span id="ref949439"></span>swimming</strong>, in zoology, self-propulsion of an animal through water. <em>See</em> <a href="https://www.britannica.com/" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">aquatic locomotion</a>.</p><span class="marker MOD1 mod-inline"></span></section> <span class="md-signature">This article was most recently revised and updated by <a href="/editor/Amy-Tikkanen/6393">Amy Tikkanen</a>.</span><span class="marker end-of-content"></span><span class="marker after-article"></span></div> <div style="clear:both"></div> <div class="print-citations"> <div class="text-uppercase font-weight-bold">Citation Information</div> <div> <span class="text-uppercase font-weight-bold">Article Title:</span> swimming</div> <div> <span class="text-uppercase font-weight-bold">Website Name:</span> Encyclopaedia Britannica </div> <div> <span class="text-uppercase font-weight-bold">Publisher:</span> Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. </div> <div> <span class="text-uppercase font-weight-bold">Date Published:</span> 14 August 2008</div> <div> <span class="text-uppercase font-weight-bold">URL:</span> <a href="https://www.britannica.comhttps://www.britannica.com/science/swimming-form-of-locomotion">https://www.britannica.comhttps://www.britannica.com/science/swimming-form-of-locomotion</a> </div> <div> <span class="text-uppercase font-weight-bold">Access Date:</span> November 27, 2024</div> </div></div> </body> </html>

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swimming -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia