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ˈswim-ˌbladder
[f. swim v. Cf. G. schwimmblase.]
A fish's swimming-bladder (see swimming vbl. n. 6).
1837P. Keith Bot. Lex. 375 Ascending or descending chiefly by means of the compression or dilatation of the swim-bladder, an organ with which most fishes are furnished. 1883Knowledge 30 Mar. 191/1 Isinglass..is..the swim-bladder of the sturgeon and similar fishes cut into shreds. 1896tr. Boas' Text Bk. Zool. 344 In most Fish..the lung..simply possesses the power of diminishing the specific gravity of the animal, and is termed the swim-bladder. |