Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swim bladder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: swim blad-der
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

swim bladders (plural) swim-bladder (alternative) swimbladder (alternative)

Synonyms

air bladder gas bladder float

Questions

What does swim bladder mean?: 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.

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