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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: air bladder, gas bladder
Antonyms: none provided
an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: air bladder, float
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sac
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نَفَّاخَة الْعَوْم
— fish organ
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Arabic:
مَثَانَة الْعَوْم
— fish organ
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Arabic:
مَثَانَة السِّبَاحَة
— fish organ
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Arabic:
مَثَانَة الْغَاز
— fish organ
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Armenian:
լողափամփուշտ
(loġapʻampʻušt)
— fish organ
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Basque:
igeri-maskuri
— fish organ
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Belarusian:
плавальны пузыр
(plavalʹny puzyr)
— fish organ
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Bengali:
পটকা
(poṭka)
— fish organ
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Bulgarian:
плавателен мехур
(plavatelen mehur)
— fish organ
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Catalan:
bufeta natatòria
— fish organ
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Catalan:
vesícula natatòria
— fish organ
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Chinese Mandarin:
鰾 /鳔
(biào)
— fish organ
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Chinese Mandarin:
魚鰾 /鱼鳔
(yúbiào)
— fish organ
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Czech:
plynový měchýř
— fish organ
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Danish:
svømmeblære
— fish organ
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Dutch:
zwemblaas
— fish organ
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Dutch:
visblaas
— fish organ
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Esperanto:
naĝoveziko
— fish organ
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Estonian:
ujupõis
— fish organ
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Finnish:
uimarakko
— fish organ
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French:
vessie natatoire
— fish organ
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Galician:
vexiga natatoria
— fish organ
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Georgian:
საცურავი ბუშტი
(sacuravi bušṭi)
— fish organ
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German:
Schwimmblase
— fish organ
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Greek:
νηκτική κύστη
(niktikí kýsti)
— fish organ
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Hebrew:
שלפוחית אוויר
— fish organ
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Hindi:
वायुशय
(vāyuśay)
— fish organ
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Hungarian:
úszóhólyag
— fish organ
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Icelandic:
sundmagi
— fish organ
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Indonesian:
gelembung renang
— fish organ
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Ingrian:
kalanrakko
— fish organ
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Irish:
bolgán
— fish organ
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Italian:
vescica natatoria
— fish organ
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Japanese:
鰾
(ukibukuro)
— fish organ
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Kalmyk:
шоһл
(şoğl)
— fish organ
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Korean:
부레
(bure)
— fish organ
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Lithuanian:
plaukiojimo pūslė
— fish organ
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Malay:
pundi renang
— fish organ
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Māori:
kōputaputa
— fish organ
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Persian:
بادکنک شناوری
— fish organ
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Polish:
pęcherz pławny
— fish organ
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Portuguese:
bexiga natatória
— fish organ
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Romanian:
vezică înotătoare
— fish organ
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Russian:
пла́вательный пузы́рь
(plávatelʹnyj puzýrʹ)
— fish organ
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Serbo-Croatian:
riblji mjehur
— fish organ
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Spanish:
vejiga natatoria
— fish organ
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Swedish:
simblåsa
— fish organ
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Turkish:
yüzme kesesi
— fish organ
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Ukrainian:
пла́вальний міху́р
(plávalʹnyj mixúr)
— fish organ
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Vietnamese:
bong bóng cá
— fish organ
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Volapük:
fitavesid
— fish organ