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pulmonate

American  
[puhl-muh-neyt, -nit, pool-] / ˈpʌl məˌneɪt, -nɪt, ˈpʊl- /

adjective

  1. Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.

  2. 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

  1. a pulmonate gastropod.

pulmonate British  
/ ˈpʌlmənɪt, ˈpʊl- /

adjective

  1. having lungs or lunglike organs

  2. 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

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noun

  1. any pulmonate mollusc

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Etymology

Origin of pulmonate

From the New Latin word pulmōnātus, dating back to 1835–45. See pulmonary, -ate 1

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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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