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Definition of: pulmonate
(pul′mə·nāt, -nit) adjective
1. Having lunglike organs.
2. Of or pertaining to an order of gastropods (Pulmonata), including most land snails, slugs, and fresh–water snails, which have lunglike organs.
—noun One of the Pulmonata. [<NL pulmonatus <L pulmo, -onis lung]
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