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Definition of 'air bladder'

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air bladder in British

noun
1. Also called: swim bladder ichthyology
an air-filled sac, lying above the alimentary canal in bony fishes, that regulates buoyancy at different depths by a variation in the pressure of the air
2. 
any air-filled sac, such as one of the bladders of seaweeds
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air bladder in American

a sac with air or gas in it, found in most fishes and in other animals and some plants
: also air cell
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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The gills must feed an air bladder, or versatile lungs of some sort. Gregg Andrew Hurwitz MINUTES TO BURN (2001)

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