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[syn: Pulmonata, order Pulmonata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pulmonata \Pul`mo*na"ta\, 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 Limn[ae]a and
Planorbis.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pulmonata
n 1: 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]