pulmonate

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pulmonate

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From New Latin pulmōnātus (“having lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ātus.

adjective

  1. not comparable Having lungs or similar organs.
  2. not comparable Of, relating to, or belonging to the gastropod order Pulmonata (slugs and snails).

noun pulmonates

  1. A gastropod of the order Pulmonata.

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@misc{pulmonate_2026,
  title = {pulmonate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pulmonate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}