gas bladder

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gas bladder

noun gas bladders

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 "swim"
Similar: air bladder, fish maw, swim bladder

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@misc{gas_bladder_2026,
  title = {gas bladder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gas%20bladder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}