pulmonate
/ˈpʌlməneɪt/
adjective
- Having lungs or lung-like organs for breathing air.
- The pulmonate structure allows these mollusks to live on land.
- Pulmonate snails have a lung instead of gills.
- Most pulmonate species are found in damp environments.
noun
- A mollusk that breathes air using a lung-like organ, such as a land snail or slug.
- The biologist studied how pulmonates adapt to dry climates.
- Garden snails are common pulmonates found in backyards.
- Pulmonates include both snails and slugs that live on land.