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PULMONATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails
Synonyms:
order Pulmonata; Pulmonata
Classified under:
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)