Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Auronectæ, a large roundish gas-secreting organ, probably a modified swimming-bell; an aurophore.
- noun A small bubble which appears on a photographic plate, sensitized paper, or film.
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Examples
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These the party in the boat detected by the slightest indications; the twinkling of a fin, the rising of an air-bell, was sufficient to point out to these adroit sportsmen in what direction to use their weapon.
Chapter XXVI 1917
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The oxygen in the water surrounding the air-bell is diffused which can be exchanged in the tracheal system the normal way.
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After forming the air-bell, the male will bite through both his and her bubbles, then mates with the female.
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The oxygen in the water surrounding the air-bell is diffused which can be exchanged in the tracheal system the normal way.
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After forming the air-bell, the male will bite through both his and her bubbles, then mates with the female.
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The oxygen in the water surrounding the air-bell is diffused which can be exchanged in the tracheal system the normal way.
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The oxygen in the water surrounding the air-bell is diffused which can be exchanged in the tracheal system the normal way.
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The male water spider will build an air-bell along side the female's bell that was previously made, they are made so close that they are almost connected.
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The oxygen in the water surrounding the air-bell is diffused which can be exchanged in the tracheal system the normal way.
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The male water spider will build an air-bell along side the female's bell that was previously made, they are made so close that they are almost connected.
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