PULMONATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pulmonata mean? 

• PULMONATA (noun)
  The noun PULMONATA has 1 sense:

1. large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails

  Familiarity information: PULMONATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULMONATA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Pulmonata; Pulmonata

Hypernyms ("Pulmonata" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Pulmonata"):

family Helicidae; Helicidae (land snails including the common edible snail and some pests)

family Physidae; Physidae (freshwater snails)

Holonyms ("Pulmonata" is a member of...):

class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)