| pulmonata | (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 |
| Prosopulmonata | ‖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 ] |
| Pulmonata | ‖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 ] |