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

• “pulmograde”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.