adjective
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specialized for sucking or adhering
the suctorial mouthparts of certain insects
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relating to or possessing suckers or suction
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Etymology
Origin of suctorial
1825–35; < New Latin sūctōri ( us ) ( see suctorian) + -al 1
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The Encyclopedia describes it as of the order of Hexapoda, has firmly chitinized cuticle, and can be recognized by the combination of imperfectly suctorial jaws.
From Time Magazine Archive
A male lamprey eel apparently recognizes sex only by attaching himself with his suctorial mouth to another eel that clings to a rock.
From Time Magazine Archive
In these pages the Commission considers the question of the transference of plague by suctorial insects.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
Siphunculus: the suctorial organ of a louse, contained within the tubule: in plant lice =honey tubes; q.v.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
They have a well-developed proboscis which is used as a suctorial organ; some are abyssal, but the majority are either commensals or parasites of Echinoderms.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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