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Definition of swim bladder in English: swim bladdernoun Zoology A gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy. Example sentencesExamples - An important organ seen in ray-finned fish but not in cartilaginous fish is the swim bladder.
- A characteristic of the family Gobiidae is the absence of a swim bladder, which is used for buoyancy control.
- The swim bladders of fish work much the same way as a scuba diver's buoyancy control device.
- Some fish, for example, have processes from the swim bladder to the inner ear to transmit airborne vibrations.
- In addition, temperature affects whether or not a fish will sink or float, by altering the volume of gas within the swim bladder.
Definition of swim bladder in US English: swim bladdernounswim ˈbladər Zoology A gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy. Example sentencesExamples - A characteristic of the family Gobiidae is the absence of a swim bladder, which is used for buoyancy control.
- The swim bladders of fish work much the same way as a scuba diver's buoyancy control device.
- An important organ seen in ray-finned fish but not in cartilaginous fish is the swim bladder.
- In addition, temperature affects whether or not a fish will sink or float, by altering the volume of gas within the swim bladder.
- Some fish, for example, have processes from the swim bladder to the inner ear to transmit airborne vibrations.
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