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.
Origin of pulmonate
From the New Latin word pulmōnātus, dating back to 1835–45. See pulmonary, -ate1
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
