Swim-bladder Synonyms

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Synonyms for Swim-bladder

air-bladder
An internal organ that fish use to control their buoyancy, allowing them to maintain or change depth by changing their density.
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float
(Tempering) A device sending a copious stream of water to the heated surface of a bulky object, such as an anvil or die.
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Swim-bladder Sentence Examples

  • These words are for (I) the swim-bladder of a fish; (2) a narrow stretch of water between an inland sea and the ocean, or between an island and the mainland, &c., cf.

  • They do not have a swim bladder like other fish.

  • Often their gills collapse and their swim bladder can rupture due to the sudden change in pressure on their bodies.

  • As in the analogous swim-bladder of fishes, the gas in the pneumatophore can be secreted or absorbed, whereby the specific gravity of the body can be diminished or increased, so as to cause it to float nearer the surface or at a deeper level.

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