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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prone swimming stroke in which the head is kept out of the water and the arms remain submerged and are alternately thrust forward and pulled back while the legs kick.
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- noun A
swimming stroke in the style of adog swimming.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an elementary swimming stroke imitating a swimming dog
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