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from The Century Dictionary.
- A division of pulmonale gastropodous mollusks, including those which have the eyes at the base of the tentacles, as in the families Auriculidæ, Limnæidæ, etc.: opposed to Stylommatophora. See cut under
Limnæidæ .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.
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