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Webster 1913 Edition


Pulmonate

Pul′mo-nate

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Adj.
(Zool.)
(a)
Having breathing organs that act as lungs.
(b)
Pertaining to the Pulmonata.
Noun.
One of the Pulmonata.

Definition 2024


pulmonate

pulmonate

English

Adjective

pulmonate (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) having lungs or similar organs
  2. (biology) of, relating to, or belonging to the gastropod order Pulmonata (slugs and snails)

Noun

pulmonate (plural pulmonates)

  1. A gastropod of the order Pulmonata