pulmono-
irreg. combining form of L. pulmo, -ōn-em lung, sometimes used instead of pulmoni- or pulmo-, as in pulmonoˈbranchiate, -branchous (-ˈbræŋkəs) adjs. = pulmobranchiate; pulmonoˈgastropod a. and n. = pulmogastropod (Cent. Dict.): see pulmo-.
| 1824 J. E. Gray in Ann. Philos. Aug. 107 On the Natural Arrangement of the Pulmonobranchous Mollusca. 1849 Craig, Pulmonobranchiate, belonging to the order Pulmonobranchiata. 1855 Knight's Eng. Cycl., Nat. Hist. III. 65 Affording a good character for dividing the Land Pulmonobranchous Mollusca into two families. |