pulmograde

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

pulmograde (not comparable)

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

References

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