air bladder

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noun

a vesicle or sac containing air.

Also called gas bladder, swim bladder. Ichthyology. a gas-filled sac located against the roof of the body cavity of most bony fishes, originally functioning only as a lung, now serving in many higher fishes to regulate hydrostatic pressure.

Origin of air bladder

First recorded in 1725–35

Words nearby air bladder

air ball, air base, air battery, air bed, air bell, air bladder, air blast, airboard, airboarding, airboat, air-bone gap

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Example sentences from the Web for air bladder

In a few primitive fishes (Dipnoans, Crossopterygians, Ganoids) the air-bladder retains its original function of a lung.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan
In attempting to answer this question we must first consider the air-bladder in relation to the fish tribe as a whole.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan
The air-bladder large and strong, and in some cases notched on the margin.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
Showing nuptial tubercles and intestines coiled about the air-bladder.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan

The air-bladder resembles the lungs of terrestrial vertebrates.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan

British Dictionary definitions for air bladder

air bladder

noun

Also called: swim bladder ichthyol an air-filled sac, lying above the alimentary canal in bony fishes, that regulates buoyancy at different depths by a variation in the pressure of the air

any air-filled sac, such as one of the bladders of seaweeds

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Scientific definitions for air bladder

air bladder

An air-filled sac in many fish that helps maintain buoyancy or, in some species, helps in respiration, sound production, or hearing. Also called swim bladder

See float.

单词	air bladder
释义	air bladder SEE SYNONYMS FOR air bladder ON THESAURUS.COM noun a vesicle or sac containing air. Also called gas bladder, swim bladder. Ichthyology. a gas-filled sac located against the roof of the body cavity of most bony fishes, originally functioning only as a lung, now serving in many higher fishes to regulate hydrostatic pressure. Origin of air bladder First recorded in 1725–35 Words nearby air bladder air ball, air base, air battery, air bed, air bell, air bladder, air blast, airboard, airboarding, airboat, air-bone gap Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for air bladder In a few primitive fishes (Dipnoans, Crossopterygians, Ganoids) the air-bladder retains its original function of a lung. A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)\|David Starr Jordan In attempting to answer this question we must first consider the air-bladder in relation to the fish tribe as a whole. A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)\|David Starr Jordan The air-bladder large and strong, and in some cases notched on the margin. The Ocean World:\|Louis Figuier Showing nuptial tubercles and intestines coiled about the air-bladder. A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)\|David Starr Jordan The air-bladder resembles the lungs of terrestrial vertebrates. A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)\|David Starr Jordan British Dictionary definitions for air bladder air bladder noun Also called: swim bladder ichthyol an air-filled sac, lying above the alimentary canal in bony fishes, that regulates buoyancy at different depths by a variation in the pressure of the air any air-filled sac, such as one of the bladders of seaweeds Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to air bladder float, gas bladder, swim bladder Scientific definitions for air bladder air bladder An air-filled sac in many fish that helps maintain buoyancy or, in some species, helps in respiration, sound production, or hearing. Also called swim bladder See float. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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air bladder

noun

Origin of air bladder

Words nearby air bladder

Example sentences from the Web for air bladder

British Dictionary definitions for air bladder

noun

Words related to air bladder

Scientific definitions for air bladder