PULMONATA


Meaning of PULMONATA in English

I. ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnäd.ə, -ād.ə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from pulmon- + -ata

: a very large order of Gastropoda (subclass Euthyneura) comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails that are distinguished by lacking gills which are usually replaced by a lung or respiratory sac formed by the modification of the mantle cavity and communicating with the exterior by a contractile orifice capable of being entirely closed in which blood vessels line the walls and by having no true operculum and a nervous system that is concentrated and not twisted — see basommatophora , stylommatophora

II.

Etymology: New Latin, from pulmon- + -ata

synonym of pneumobranchia

III.

Etymology: New Latin, from pulmon- + -ata

synonym of pulmonaria

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.