pulmonate
Americanadjective
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Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
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belonging to the Pulmonata, an order of gastropod mollusks usually breathing by means of a lunglike sac, and including most of the terrestrial snails and the slugs and certain aquatic snails.
noun
adjective
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having lungs or lunglike organs
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of, relating to, or belonging to the Pulmonata, a mostly terrestrial subclass or order of gastropod molluscs, including snails and slugs, in which the mantle is adapted as a lung
noun
Etymology
Origin of pulmonate
From the New Latin word pulmōnātus, dating back to 1835–45. See pulmonary, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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These spermatophores are somewhat similar to those formed in certain pulmonate Gastropods.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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