1.
[syn: alveolus, air sac, air cell]
2. any of the thin-walled extensions of the tracheae of insects;
3. any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Air sac \Air" sac`\
1. (Anat.) One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies
of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the
air passages of the lungs; an air cell.
[1913 Webster]
2. An alveolus.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
air sac
n 1: a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the
terminal dilation of tiny air passageways [syn: alveolus,
air sac, air cell]
2: any of the thin-walled extensions of the tracheae of insects
3: any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of
birds