Defn: Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.
PULMONARY Pul"mo*na*ry, a. Etym: [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. Pneumonia.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.
Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery.
PULMONARY
Pul"mo*na*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pulmonaire. See Pulmonary, a. ] (Bot.)
Defn: Lungwort. Ainsworth.
PULMONATA
Pul`mo*na"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air- breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnæa and Planorbis.
PULMONATE Pul"mo*nate, a. (Zoöl.) (a) Having breathing organs that act as lungs. (b) Pertaining to the Pulmonata. — n.
Defn: One of the Pulmonata.
PULMONATED
Pul"mo*na`ted, a.