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Definition of pulmonate in English: pulmonatenoun ˈpʌlməneɪt Zoology A mollusc of the group Pulmonata, which includes the land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails. Example sentencesExamples - There are now hundreds of thousands of species of insects and green plants, and tens of thousands of mites, spiders, and pulmonate land snails (those endowed with lungs).
- Traditionally, opisthobranchs have been recognized as a natural group and have been included within the gastropods together with prosobranchs and pulmonates.
- Sedimentological investigations indicate a lacustrine depositional setting proximal to the coast, an interpretation also supported by the pulmonate molluscs and ostracods.
- In addition, the pulmonate snail, the marsh clam, and several polychaete worms were abundant.
- Pulmonates are dioecious and hermaphroditic as are prosobranchs, but pulmonates develop directly (there is no larval form).
adjective ˈpʌlməneɪt Zoology Relating to or denoting pulmonates. Example sentencesExamples - Pupa mtDNA shows many unique features that are shared with pulmonate land snails.
- There are now hundreds of thousands of species of insects and green plants, and tens of thousands of mites, spiders, and pulmonate land snails (those endowed with lungs).
- Pulmonate snails, millipedes, scorpions, spiders and mites were certainly present, but are not known from fossils.
- Being a pulmonate gastropod means that it has no gills.
- In pulmonate land snails, variation in gene organization is found at the level of the superfamily (Yamazaki et al. 1997).
Definition of pulmonate in US English: pulmonatenoun Zoology A mollusk of the group Pulmonata, which includes the land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails. Example sentencesExamples - Pulmonates are dioecious and hermaphroditic as are prosobranchs, but pulmonates develop directly (there is no larval form).
- There are now hundreds of thousands of species of insects and green plants, and tens of thousands of mites, spiders, and pulmonate land snails (those endowed with lungs).
- In addition, the pulmonate snail, the marsh clam, and several polychaete worms were abundant.
- Traditionally, opisthobranchs have been recognized as a natural group and have been included within the gastropods together with prosobranchs and pulmonates.
- Sedimentological investigations indicate a lacustrine depositional setting proximal to the coast, an interpretation also supported by the pulmonate molluscs and ostracods.
adjective Zoology Relating to or denoting pulmonates. Example sentencesExamples - In pulmonate land snails, variation in gene organization is found at the level of the superfamily (Yamazaki et al. 1997).
- Being a pulmonate gastropod means that it has no gills.
- There are now hundreds of thousands of species of insects and green plants, and tens of thousands of mites, spiders, and pulmonate land snails (those endowed with lungs).
- Pupa mtDNA shows many unique features that are shared with pulmonate land snails.
- Pulmonate snails, millipedes, scorpions, spiders and mites were certainly present, but are not known from fossils.
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