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Meanings of swim bladder in English

Russian
плавательный пузырь
Portuguese
bexiga de gás
Spanish
vejiga natatoria
Catalan
bufeta natatòria
Wikidata

Gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of a fish to control its buoyancy.

плавательный пузырь
Usage of swim bladder in English
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The volume of the swim bladder was calculated in all animals.
Pubmed
2
Real fish control their buoyancy, using a gas filled organ, called a swim bladder.
Wired
3
The swim bladder does that job, thereby freeing up the muscles for active propulsion.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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Additionally, fluid was found within the swim bladder in three of the abnormal koi.
Pubmed
5
In all koi with buoyancy problems, the gas volume of the swim bladder was reduced.
Pubmed
6
Instead the sac merely shrank a little, like the punctured swim bladder of a fish.
Shinjū
7
Wines might appear vegan but many are filtered using isinglass, from the swim bladder of fish.
The Guardian
8
The air sac has become a swim bladder.
The Elements of Geology
9
CT proved to be a quick noninvasive technique for the examination of the swim bladder in koi.
Pubmed
10
So fish have evolved a gas-filled organ called a swim bladder, which allows them to achieve neutral buoyancy.
Wired
11
SoFi uses its own swim bladder of sorts, a cylinder that compresses and decompresses air with a piston.
Wired
12
And in some fish, the swim bladder itself is yet further coopted into a hearing organ, a kind of eardrum.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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It corresponds with the swim bladder of most modern fishes, and appears to have had a common origin with it.
The Elements of Geology
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The swim bladder, too.
Reuters
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Fish have the same problem: They're equipped with a gas-filled organ called a swim bladder that helps keep them neutrally buoyant.
Wired
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The vaquita is threatened by illegal gillnet fishing for totoaba, a large fish whose swim bladder is prized by chefs in China.
The Guardian
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