noun
large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails
• Syn: ↑order Pulmonata
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gastropoda, ↑class Gastropoda, ↑Gasteropoda, ↑class Gasteropoda
• Member Meronyms: ↑Helicidae, ↑family Helicidae, ↑Physidae, ↑family Physidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.