pulmoni-
(pʌlˈməʊnɪ)
the full combining form of L. pulmo, pulmōn-em lung, as in pulmoniˈbranchiate, pulˈmonigrade, adjs. and ns.: see pulmobranchiate, pulmograde under pulmo-.
| 1847 Webster, *Pulmonibranchiate, having the branchiæ formed for breathing air... (A term applied to certain mollusks.) 1864 Ibid., Pulmonibranchiate, one of an order of mollusks having the branchiæ formed for breathing air. |
| 1846 Patterson Zool. 36 The term *pulmonigrades has been applied to these animals [gelatinous Medusæ]. |