Meaning of PULMONATA
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| | Definition: | | [n] large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails |
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| | Synonyms: | | order Pulmonata |
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| | See Also: | | animal order, class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, family Helicidae, family Physidae, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda, Helicidae, Physidae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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