About The Word Pulmonata
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Pulmonata
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What's The Definition Of 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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pulmonata: order Pulmonata Related Terms | Find terms related to Pulmonata: See Also | animal order | class Gasteropoda | class Gastropoda | family Helicidae | family Physidae | Gasteropoda | Gastropoda | Helicidae | Physidae Pulmonata In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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