Definition of pulmonata Pulmonata
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What does pulmonata mean?
WordNet
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| pulmonata - large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails | ||
| order Pulmonata | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| class gasteropoda, class gastropoda, gasteropoda, gastropoda snails and slugs and their relatives | ||
| family helicidae, helicidae land snails including the common edible snail and some pests | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pulmonata (n. pl.)
An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis.
Part of speech
🔤- pulmonata, noun, singular of pulmonatas / pulmonatae.
