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pulmonate
pul·mo·nate P0655000 (po͝ol′mə-nāt′, pŭl′-)adj.1. Having lungs or lunglike organs.2. Of or belonging to a large group of gastropods having a cavity in the mantle that is used as a lung for breathing air and including the terrestrial snails and slugs, certain freshwater snails, and some marine species.n. A pulmonate gastropod. [From Latin pulmō, pulmōn-, lung; see pulmonary.]pulmonate (ˈpʌlmənɪt; ˈpʊl-) adj1. (Anatomy) having lungs or lunglike organs2. (Animals) 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 lungn (Animals) any pulmonate mollusc[C19: from New Latin pulmōnātus]pul•mo•nate (ˈpʌl məˌneɪt, -nɪt, ˈpʊl-) adj. 1. having lungs or lunglike organs. 2. belonging to the Pulmonata, an order (or subclass) of gastropods that have a mantle cavity adapted for breathing: includes most terrestrial snails and slugs and some aquatic snails. n. 3. a pulmonate gastropod. [1835–45; < New Latin pulmōnātus. See pulmonary, -ate1]
pulmonate
pulmonate[′pu̇l·mə‚nāt] (vertebrate zoo) Possessing lungs or lunglike organs. pulmonate
pulmonate (po͝ol′mə-nāt′, pŭl′-)adj. Having lungs or lunglike organs.ThesaurusSeePulmonata |