Pulmonata

Pul`mo`na´ta

n. pl.

1.

(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.

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Noun

1.

Pulmonata - large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails order Pulmonata animal order - the order of animals class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda - snails and slugs and their relatives family Helicidae, Helicidae - land snails including the common edible snail and some pests family Physidae, Physidae - freshwater snails