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swim-bladder

swim-bladder is the alternative spelling of swim bladder.

Meaning of swim bladder

Noun

swim bladder (plural swim bladders)

  1. (usually) 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.

Forms of swim-bladder

pluralswim-bladders

Questions about swim-bladder

What is swim-bladder the alternative spelling of?
Swim-bladder is the alternative spelling of swim bladder.

Words near swim-bladder in the dictionary

  1. swim the Thames
  2. swim the Tiber
  3. swim trunks
  4. swim upstream
  5. swim with sharks
  6. swim-bladder
  7. swim-bladders
  8. swim-in
  9. swim-inner
  10. swim-inners
  11. swim-ins

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