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vocal sac

Meaning of "vocal sac" in the English dictionary

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vocal sac


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOCAL SAC

noun
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determiner
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Vocal sac is a noun.
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WHAT DOES VOCAL SAC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vocal sac

The vocal sac is the flexible membrane of skin possessed by most male frogs. The purpose of the vocal sac is usually as an amplification of their mating or advertisement call. The presence or development of the vocal sac is one way of externally determining the sex of a frog in many species. The vocal sac is open to the mouth cavity of the frog, with two slits on either side of the tongue. To call, the frog inflates its lungs and shuts its nose and mouth. Air is then expelled from the lungs, through the larynx, and into the vocal sac. The vibrations of the larynx emits a sound, which resonates within the vocal sac. The resonance causes the sound to be amplified and allows the call to carry further. Muscles within the body wall force the air back and forth between the lungs and vocal sac.

Definition of vocal sac in the English dictionary

The definition of vocal sac in the dictionary is either of the loose folds of skin on each side of the mouth in many male frogs that can be inflated and act as resonators.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOCAL SAC

vocal · vocal chords · vocal cords · vocal folds · vocal score · vocalese · vocalic · vocalic alliteration · vocalically · vocalion · vocalisation · vocalise · vocaliser · vocalism · vocalist · vocality · vocalization · vocalize · vocalizer · vocally

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOCAL SAC

ac · air sac · bac · Barsac · cardiac · corsac · cul-de-sac · culs-de-sac · embryo sac · Gay-Lussac · Isaac · lac · lilac · mac · ovisac · sac · sign of the zodiac · vac · yolk sac · zodiac

Synonyms and antonyms of vocal sac in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «vocal sac» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of vocal sac to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vocal sac from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vocal sac» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

声囊
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

saco vocal
570 millions of speakers
en

English

vocal sac
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मुखर थैली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكيس صخبا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

вокал мешок
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

saco vocal
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কণ্ঠ্য স্যাক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sac vocal
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kantung vokal
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Schallblase
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ボーカル嚢
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

보컬 낭
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Vocal sac
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

túi thanh nhạc
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

குரல் சக்கரம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बोलका पिशवी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Ses kese
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sac vocale
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wokal sac
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

вокал мішок
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

sac vocal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωνητικά σάκο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vokale sak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vokala sac
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vokal sac
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOCAL SAC»

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The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians
species of anurans (fig. 7.6). Most accounts of vocal sac anatomy have focused on taxonomic implications rather than the functional significance of structural variation (C. Liu 1935b; Liem 1970; M. Tyler 1971, 1972, 1974, 1985a; M. Hayes and ...
Kentwood D. Wells, 2010
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Biology of Amphibians
Acoustic energy that is transduced by the laryngeal apparatus acts on the buccal cavity and vocal sac. The vibration of these structures intensifies the acoustic signal, resonating and radiating it across the surface of the vocal sac into the air.
William E. Duellman, 1994
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Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates
The squamous epithelium lining the vocal sac is thin, nonkeratinized, and non- ciliated, and its epithelial cells are secretory (Greven, 1987b). Within the Cycloramphidae, there are two species of the genus Rhinoderma ( Cycloramphinae), which ...
David O. Norris, Kristin H. Lopez, 2010
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Hearing and Sound Communication in Amphibians
In many frogs, the throat region and vocal sac are conspicuously colored. Usually these are highly reflective colors such as white or yellow, but some frogs have black vocal sacs that also make the males conspicuous (see Hödl and Amezquita  ...
Peter M. Narins, Albert S. Feng, Richard R. Fay, 2006
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna ...
Dorsum bright yellow orange with each pustule dark brown; posterior thigh surface unpigmented, bright yellow orange; no transverse dark bars on upper surface of limbs; venter yellow with many small dark punctations; vocal sac immaculate ...
Jay M. Savage, 2002
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Australian Frogs: A Natural History
A Natural History Michael J. Tyler. PLATE 19 Male frog with inflated vocal sac. (D. &C. Frith) FIGURE 25 Sequence of steps in the formation of vocal. The Larynx The organ of sound production is the larynx. In frogs the process of creating sound ...
Michael J. Tyler, 1998
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Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans: Common ...
Whereas a cavity resonator has rigid walls that are assumed to reflect most sound energy back inside the cavity in order to generate standing waves, the vocal sac is an elastic membrane that potentially vibrates with considerable amplitude.
H. Carl Gerhardt, Franz Huber, 2002
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Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles
FIGURE 9.3 A calling graceful tree frog (Litoria gracilenta) from Australia. This frog has an exceptionally large median subgular vocal sac. Photograph by S. J. Richards. the buccal pump mechanism. Being able to shunt air from the lungs to the ...
Laurie J. Vitt, Janalee P. Caldwell, 2013
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Comprehensive MCQs in Biology
Vocal sac in males produces louder sound as compared to the females, which lack vocal sac. External Morphology Frog's body is streamlined with soft, moist and slimy skin, adapted for swimming in water, burrowing into mud and leaping on ...
Hemant Roy Sri, Shri Hemant Roy
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Frogs and Frogging in Southern Africa
The fragile vocal sac of a Reed Frog has a disc of thicker skin that covers it when collapsed. The large-chambered vocal sac of the Giant Bullfrog creates a deep booming sound. Calling, and thus mating, is stimulated by different factors in ...
Vincent Carruthers, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOCAL SAC»

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OUTDOORS: Jeepers, creepers, sounds of peepers harbinger of …
Air is then pushed forward inflating a vocal sac, or pouch, and as the air moves back and forth between the lungs and the balloon-like structure the continuous ... «Republican & Herald, May 15»
2
In praise of early morning song
The vocal sac on a frog is the flexible membrane of skin that expands like a bubble in a frog's neck. Just like the birds' songs, the purpose of the vocal sac on a ... «Beach Metro News, May 15»
3
A Brief Introduction to Reed, Sedge and Lily Frogs
The males of many hyperoliids have particularly large vocal sacs, these ... 2013). However, association of a chemical gland with the vocal sac - and hence with ... «Scientific American, Jan 15»
4
These fanged frogs give birth to live babies
Some frogs carry eggs in pouches on their back, brood tadpoles in their vocal sac or mouth, or transport tadpoles in pits on their back. The two known species of ... «Futurity: Research News, Jan 15»
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Biologists Have Named A New Tree Frog Species After Ozzy …
The male frogs also have an unusually large vocal sac, a nearly transparent piece of skin that inflates to produce its unique high-pitched chirping sound. «io9, Nov 14»
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Bats: Hearing Is Believing
The bats use echolocation to sense the movement of the vocal sac and snag their amphibian prey. Mapping distances. Two recent studies look at the way bats' ... «California Academy of Sciences, Sep 14»
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Bats use echolocation to hunt for túngara frogs
The research indicates that the Central American amphibians' balloon out their vocal sac as parts of a sexual display to attract females. This mating ritual allows ... «DigitalJournal.com, Sep 14»
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Bats hunt ballooning túngara frogs by echolocation
FATAL ATTRACTION The bulbous vocal sacs of male túngara frogs attract females, but the inflating organs also trip the sonar of hungry fringe-lipped bats, a new ... «Science News, Sep 14»
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Sexy Frog Moves Make Them Targets For Attack [VIDEO]
This indicated that the bats were finding their prey by homing in on their bulging throats, not by visibly noticing the sudden movement of a swelled vocal sac. «Nature World News, Aug 14»
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Robot frogs' sexy signals lure hungry bats to attack
Male túngara frogs need to watch their back while wooing the ladies. Their sexy moves, which involve calling out while inflating their vocal sac, are also spied on ... «New Scientist, Aug 14»
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