gas gland

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• gas gland — noun : a glandular structure that secretes a gas (as the oxygen releasing mechanism of a fish s air bladder) * * * gas gland, a gland in the float of certain fishes and aquatic animals that secretes a gas consisting chiefly of nitrogen and oxygen …   Useful english dictionary

• gas gland — a structure with numerous blood vessels (retia mirabilia) in the gas bladder that secretes gases from the blood. Also called fascis mirabilis, red gland, red body …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• gas gland — (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) In Siphonophora, glandular epithelium that secretes an air like gas into a float …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• Gas bladder — and thus to stay at the current water depth, ascend, or descend without having to waste energy in swimming. cite encyclopedia | title =Fish | encyclopedia =Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 1999 | publisher =Microsoft | date =1999] The gas… …   Wikipedia

• red gland — gas gland (a structure with numerous blood vessels (retia mirabilia) in the gas bladder that secretes gases from the blood. Also called fascis mirabilis) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• gas plant — a plant, Dictamnus albus, of the rue family, native to Eurasia, having clusters of white or reddish flowers and strong smelling foliage that emits a flammable vapor. Also called fraxinella, dittany. * * * ▪ plant also called  dittany,  burning… …   Universalium

• Oil gas — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Oil gland — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Violet gland — The violet gland or supracaudal gland is an important gland located on the upper surface of the tail of certain mammals, including European badgers and canids such as foxes, wolves and the domestic dog [… …   Wikipedia

• red body — gas gland (a structure with numerous blood vessels (retia mirabilia) in the gas bladder that secretes gases from the blood. Also called fascis mirabilis) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• fascis mirabilis — a set of parallel arterial and venous capillaries in the gas gland of some gas bladders that, using the countercurrent principle, increases gas tensions in the blood, and enables the gland to secrete gas into the gas bladder. Also called rete… …   Dictionary of ichthyology