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pulmograde

pulmograde adjective: swimming by means of jet propulsion.

Adjective

pulmograde (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Swimming by means of jet propulsion.
    • The medusae are pulmograde.

Origin of pulmograde

From Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + -grade (“means of locomotion”).

Questions about pulmograde

What does pulmograde mean?
Pulmograde means swimming by means of jet propulsion.
What part of speech is pulmograde?
Pulmograde is an adjective.

Words near pulmograde in the dictionary

  1. pulmobranchiate
  2. pulmobronchial
  3. pulmocardiac
  4. pulmocutaneous
  5. pulmogastric
  6. pulmograde
  7. pulmohepatic
  8. pulmolithiasis
  9. pulmology
  10. pulmometer
  11. pulmometers

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