pulmonata

Noun

Meaning

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 Limnaea and Planorbis.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

order Pulmonata slug mollusk escargot cephalopoda edible snail garden snail Helix aspersa Helix pomatia land snail cornu aspersum bulimulus shell-bearing gastropod terrestrial gastropod terrestrial snail
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Hypernyms

animal order

Close letter words and terms

pulmonary vein isolation pulmonary ventilation pulmonary-renal syndrome pulmonate pulmonated pulmonectomy