Definitions for pulmonate

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pulmonate pul·mo·nate

Spelling: [puhl-muh-neyt, -nit, poo l-]

IPA: /ˈpʌl məˌneɪt, -nɪt, ˈpʊl-/

Pulmonate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 598 anagrams from letters in pulmonate (aelmnoptu).

Definitions for pulmonate

noun

1. a pulmonate gastropod.

adjective

1. Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
2. belonging to the Pulmonata, an order of gastropod mollusks usually breathing by means of a lunglike sac, and including most of the terrestrial snails and the slugs and certain aquatic snails.

Origin of pulmonate

From the New Latin word pulmōnātus, dating back to 1835-45. See pulmonary, -ate¹