(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.order Pulmonata
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a.[ Gr. 'o`pisqen behind + E. pulmonate. ] (Zool.) Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said of certain air-breathing Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; forward + L. pulmo a lung. ] (Zool.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung. ] (Zool.) 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 Limnæa and Planorbis. [ 1913 Webster ]
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