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gas bladder

gas bladder noun: an internal organ that fish use to control their buoyancy, allowing them to maintain or change depth by changing their density.

Noun

gas bladder (plural gas bladders)

  1. An internal organ that fish use to control their buoyancy, allowing them to maintain or change depth by changing their density.
    • Nicknamed a "manta" by Andromeda Initiative observers, this majestic creature has been sighted on several worlds in the Heleus Cluster. The Nexus scientists believe it may have originally evolved on a world with heavy deposits of element zero, giving it the ability to lower its mass enough to...2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Andromeda Wildlife: Manta Codex entry
    Synonyms:
    air bladder, fish maw, swim bladder

Synonyms of gas bladder

Forms of gas bladder

pluralgas bladders

Questions about gas bladder

What does gas bladder mean?
Gas bladder means an internal organ that fish use to control their buoyancy, allowing them to maintain or change depth by changing their density.
What part of speech is gas bladder?
Gas bladder is a noun.
What is the plural of gas bladder?
The plural of gas bladder is gas bladders.

Words near gas bladder in the dictionary

  1. gas and gos
  2. gas balloon
  3. gas balloons
  4. gas bar
  5. gas bars
  6. gas bladder
  7. gas bladders
  8. gas boat
  9. gas boats
  10. gas bottle
  11. gas bottles

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