Thesaurus: pulmonata

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1. n. pl. 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.
2. 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.
3. An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphroditegastropods, 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.
4. n large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails