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pulmonata |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pulmonata \Pul`mo*na"ta\, n. pl [NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limn[ae]a and Planorbis. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Pulmonata n : large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails [syn: {Pulmonata}, {order Pulmonata}]
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