AIR BLADDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air bladder mean? 

• AIR BLADDER (noun)
  The noun AIR BLADDER has 1 sense:

1. an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

  Familiarity information: AIR BLADDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIR BLADDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

air bladder; float; swim bladder

Hypernyms ("air bladder" is a kind of...):

sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)