"vocal sac" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vocal sacs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vocal sac (plural vocal sacs)
  1. The flexible membrane of skin possessed by most male frogs, used for amplification of the voice. Wikipedia link: vocal sac Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts, Frogs Translations (flexible voice-amplifying membrane of male frog): häälepõis (Estonian), äänirakko (Finnish), hanghólyag (Hungarian), kvekkepose (Norwegian)

Inflected forms

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