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pulmonate
[ puhl-muh-neyt, -nit, pool- ]
/ ˈpʌl məˌneɪt, -nɪt, ˈpʊl- /
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adjective
Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
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
a pulmonate gastropod.
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How to use pulmonate in a sentence
The provisional internal renal organ is found in many pulmonate Gasteropods—Lymnus, Planorbis, etc.
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British Dictionary definitions for pulmonate
pulmonate
/ (ˈpʌlmənɪt, ˈpʊl-) /
adjective
having lungs or lunglike organs
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
any pulmonate mollusc
Word Origin for pulmonate
C19: from New Latin pulmōnātus
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