swim bladder in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for swim bladder in the English»French Dictionary

swim bladder N

swim bladder

vessie f natatoire

Translations for swim bladder in the French»English Dictionary

vessie gazeuse ou natatoire

air ou swim bladder

Translations for swim bladder in the English»French Dictionary

bladder [Brit ˈbladə, Am ˈblædər] N

1. bladder ANAT:

bladder

vessie f

2. bladder (in ball):

bladder

vessie f

3. bladder BOT:

bladder

vésicule f

I.swim [Brit swɪm, Am swɪm] N

swim

baignade f

to go for a swim

aller se baigner

we had a lovely swim

nous nous sommes bien baignés

to have another swim

retourner se baigner

a good swim by Evans SPORTS

une bonne performance de la part d'Evans

II.swim <pres part swimming; prét swam; pp swum> [Brit swɪm, Am swɪm] VB trans

swim mile, length, stroke

nager

swim Channel, river

traverser [qc] à la nage

swim race

faire [qc] à la nage

the race is swum over 10 lengths

la course se fait sur 10 longueurs

III.swim <pres part swimming, prét swam, pp swum> [Brit swɪm, Am swɪm] VB intr

1. swim person, fish, animal:

swim

nager (in dans, out to vers, jusqu'à)

she can swim

elle sait nager

to swim on one's back

nager sur le dos

to swim across sth

traverser qc à la nage

to swim away

s'éloigner à la nage

to swim in the team

faire partie de l'équipe de natation

2. swim:

to be swimming in (be floating, bathed in) cream, syrup, sauce

nager or baigner dans

the kitchen was swimming in water

la cuisine était inondée

her eyes were swimming in or with tears

ses yeux étaient baignés de larmes

3. swim (wobble):

swim scene, room, head:

tourner

swim mirage:

flotter

my head is swimming

j'ai la tête qui tourne

IV.swim [Brit swɪm, Am swɪm]

to be in the swim

être dans le coup inf

sink or swim

marche ou crève inf

to leave sb to sink or swim

laisser qn se débrouiller tout seul

swim bladder in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for swim bladder in the English»French Dictionary

bladder [ˈblædəʳ, Am -ɚ] N ANAT

bladder

vessie f

I.swim <swam [or a. Aus swum], swum, -mm-> [swɪm] VB intr

1. swim (propel oneself through water):

swim

nager

to go swimming

aller nager

to swim across sth

traverser qc à la nage

to swim under sth

nager sous qc

2. swim pej (float in liquid):

swim

baigner

3. swim (be full of water):

swim

baigner

to swim with tears

baigner de larmes

4. swim (whirl):

swim

sembler tourbillonner

to make sb's head swim

faire tourner la tête

II.swim <swam [or a. Aus swum], swum, -mm-> [swɪm] VB trans

1. swim (cross):

swim

traverser à la nage

to swim a river/Channel

traverser une rivière/la Manche à la nage

2. swim (do):

to swim a few strokes

faire quelques brasses

to swim the butterfly stroke

faire la nage papillon

III.swim [swɪm] N

swim

baignade f

to go for a swim, to have a swim

aller nager

Phrases:

to be in the swim

être dans le coup

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

At this point, the free oxygen in the arterial capillaries diffuses into the swim bladder via the gas gland.

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In appearance, they greatly resemble the typical cods, from which can only be distinguished by their skeletal features and the structure of the swim bladder.

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The fish contracts its sonic muscle fibers against the swim bladder to produce the croaking sound.

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The fish has a pair of primitive lungs instead of a swim bladder, allowing it to periodically gulp air from the surface of the water.

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Deep-water teleosts, which do not have a swim bladder, have few lipids and proteins, deeply ossified bones, and watery tissues that maintain their buoyancy.

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The swim bladder is evolutionarily homologous to the lungs.

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This differs from the method of flotation used by most fish, which involves a gas-filled swim bladder.

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After hatching, the larvae live among the plankton until they develop a swim bladder and transform into adults.

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In lungfishes, bowfin and bichirs, the swim bladder is supplied with blood by paired pulmonary arteries branching off from the hindmost (6th) aortic arch.

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They also possess a swim bladder, and do not dwell on the bottom, instead dispersing from their hatching grounds as plankton.

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