prosopulmonate, a. Zool.
(prɒsəʊˈpʌlmənət)
[f. Gr. πρόσω forward + pulmonate.]
Pulmonate in front: applied to those pulmonate or air-breathing gastropod molluscs which have the pulmonary sac in front (opp. to opisthopulmonate (see opistho-); cf. prosobranchiate).
| 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 514 The animal is thus more or less prosopulmonate. |