suctorian

suctorian
\\ˌsəkˈtōrēən\ noun (-s)
Etymology: New Latin Suctoria + English -an
1. : a suctorial animal
2. : one of the Suctoria

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/suk tawr"ee euhn, -tohr"-/, n.
1. a suctorial animal.
2. a protozoan of the class or order Suctoria, which live, as adults, attached by a stalk to the substrate and feed by means of long, suctorial tentacles.
adj.
3. belonging or pertaining to the Suctoria.
[1835-45; < NL Suctori(a), n. use of neut. pl. of SUCTORIUS sucking ( < L sug(ere) to SUCK + -torius -TORY1) + -AN]

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suctoˈrian noun and adjective (zoology)
(a member) of the Suctoˈria, a subclass of Ciliata
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Main Entry:suction

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