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PULMONATA

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

order Pulmonata; Pulmonata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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