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swim_bladder

swim bladder

See also: swimbladder and swim-bladder

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Noun

swim bladder ‎(plural swim bladders)

(anatomy, usually of fish) A gas-filled sac within the bodies of most fish that variously acts as a float, lung, sound-producing organ or an aid to hearing.

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Translations

fish organ

Catalan: bufeta natatòria f, vesícula natatòria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鰾 (zh), 鳔 (zh) ‎(biào), 魚鰾 (zh), 鱼鳔 (zh) ‎(yúbiào)
Czech: plynový měchýř m
Dutch:
Esperanto:
Finnish: uimarakko
French: vessie natatoire (fr) f
German: Fischblase f
Irish: bolgán m

Japanese: 鰾 (ja) ‎(うきぶくろ, ukibukuro)
Kalmyk: шоһл ‎(şohl)
Korean: 부레 (ko) ‎(bure)
Maori: kōputaputa
Polish: pęcherz pławny m
Portuguese: bexiga natatória f
Russian: пла́вательный пузы́рь m ‎(plávatelʹnyj puzýrʹ)
Spanish: vejiga natatoria f
Vietnamese: bong bóng cá
Volapük: fitavesid (vo)