1. having lungs or lung-like respiratory organs
Usage: biological

1. a gastropod mollusk that breathes air through a lung-like cavity, such as a snail or slug
Usage: zoological

Examples

• Pulmonate snails can survive on land because they have adapted lung-like structures.
• The garden slug is a common pulmonate gastropod found in many backyards.
• Pulmonate mollusks differ from their aquatic relatives in their breathing mechanisms.
• Scientists study pulmonate species to understand terrestrial adaptation in gastropods.
• Most land snails are pulmonates that breathe air directly.
• The pulmonate cavity allows these creatures to extract oxygen from the atmosphere.