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Answer for the clue "Large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails ", 9 letters:
pulmonata

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pulmonata \Pul`mo*na"ta\, n. pl. [NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or ...

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Pulmonata , or "pulmonates", is an informal group (previously an order , and before that a subclass ) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill , or gills. The group includes many ...