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Pulmograde

Pul′mo-grade

,
Adj.
[L.
pulmo
a lung +
gradi
to walk.]
(Zool.)
Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusæ.

Definition 2024


pulmograde

pulmograde

English

Adjective

pulmograde (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Swimming by means of expansion and contraction.
    The medusae are pulmograde.