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单词 pulmonate
释义

pulmonate

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

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.

Origin of pulmonate

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

Words nearby pulmonate

pulmonary trunk, pulmonary tuberculosis, pulmonary valve, pulmonary vein, pulmonary ventilation, pulmonate, pulmonic, pulmonic airstream, pulmonitis, pulmono-, pulmonologist
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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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