swim bladder

See also: swimbladder and swim-bladder

English

Alternative forms

• swim-bladder
• swimbladder

Noun

swim bladder (plural swim bladders)

1. (anatomy, usually of fish) A gas-filled sac within the bodies of most fish that variously acts as a float, lung, sound-producing organ or an aid to hearing.

Synonyms

• air bladder
• gas bladder

Translations

fish organ

• Catalan: bufeta natatòria f, vesícula natatòria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鰾／鳔 (zh) (biào), 鳔 (zh) (biào), 魚鰾／鱼鳔 (zh) (yúbiào), 鱼鳔 (zh) (yúbiào)

• Czech: plynový měchýř m
• Dutch: zwemblaas (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: ujupõis
• Finnish: uimarakko (fi)
• French: vessie natatoire (fr) f
• German: Fischblase f
• Irish: bolgán m
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• Japanese: 鰾 (ja) (うきぶくろ, ukibukuro)
• Kalmyk: шоһл (şoğl)
• Korean: 부레 (ko) (bure)
• Maori: kōputaputa
• Polish: pęcherz pławny m
• Portuguese: bexiga natatória f
• Russian: пла́вательный пузы́рь m (plávatelʹnyj puzýrʹ)
• Spanish: vejiga natatoria f
• Vietnamese: bong bóng cá
• Volapük: fitavesid (vo)