单词 | swim-bladder |
释义 | swim-bladdern. A fish's swimming-bladder (see swimming-bladder n. at swimming n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > air bladder or parts of sound1323 swimmer1579 wind-bladder1594 rete1615 swim1638 air bladder1675 swimming-bladder1713 air duct1744 red body1785 swim-bladder1837 fish-maw1840 fish-sound1879 maw1883 red gland1896 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 375 Ascending or descending chiefly by means of the compression or dilatation of the swim-bladder, an organ with which most fishes are furnished. 1883 Knowledge 30 Mar. 191/1 Isinglass..is..the swim-bladder of the sturgeon and similar fishes cut into shreds. 1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 344 In most Fish..the lung..simply possesses the power of diminishing the specific gravity of the animal, and is termed the swim-bladder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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