"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. Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts, Frogs Translations (flexible voice-amplifying membrane of male frog): häälepõis (Estonian), äänirakko (Finnish), Schallblase [feminine] (German), hanghólyag (Hungarian), kvekkepose (Norwegian), saco vocal [masculine] (Portuguese), горлово́й мешо́к (gorlovój mešók) [masculine] (Russian), saco vocal [masculine] (Spanish)

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      "sense": "flexible voice-amplifying membrane of male frog",
      "word": "häälepõis"
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      "sense": "flexible voice-amplifying membrane of male frog",
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      "word": "Schallblase"
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      "word": "saco vocal"
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