swim bladder

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noun

air bladder (def. 2).

Origin of swim bladder

First recorded in 1830–40

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How to use swim bladder in a sentence

Fish maw, sometimes referred to as the swim bladder, is an organ that helps a fish control its buoyancy.
I Tried Lab-Grown Fish Maw. Here's Why It Could Help Save Our Oceans | Amy Gunia/Hong Kong | September 17, 2021 | Time
The needless lung becomes a closed sac filled with air, and commonly known as the swim bladder.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899 | Various
Sometimes, as the need of the theory demands, the swim-bladder is claimed as the relic of a discarded lung.
The Other Side of Evolution | Alexander Patterson
Thus the swim-bladder of the fish became, it is supposed, the lung of the terrestrial animal.
Parallel Paths | Thomas William Rolleston
But in reality it has no gills and no swim-bladder; it lays no eggs; it does not own one truly fish-like organ.
Falling in Love | Grant Allen

It corresponds with the swim bladder of most modern fishes, and appears to have had a common origin with it.
The Elements of Geology | William Harmon Norton

British Dictionary definitions for swim bladder

swim bladder

noun

ichthyol another name for air bladder (def. 1)

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Scientific definitions for swim bladder

swim bladder

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