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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).
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 514 The animal is thus more or less prosopulmonate. |