Pulmonata

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Matching Terms:		pulmonate, pulmonated
WordNet Dictionary

	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

	Synonyms:	order Pulmonata

	See Also:	animal order, class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, family Helicidae, family Physidae, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda, Helicidae, Physidae

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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.