suctorial

In this septum there is formed at a later stage a vertical muscle attached to the suctorial part of the stomodum.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
Lampreys are carnivorous creatures, and attach themselves to fishes by their suctorial mouths, and rasp away the flesh.
The Sea Shore|William S. Furneaux
The two heterogenetic generations are very different in the parasitic suctorial worms (trematodes).
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel
In the same place the suctorial Entomostraca are added as examples of the difficulty of recognising the type.
The Foundations of the Origin of Species|Charles Darwin

It is called by Mr. Swainson the suctorial, from a very generally prevalent peculiarity, that of drawing sustenance by suction.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation|Robert Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for suctorial

suctorial

/ (sʌkˈtɔːrɪəl) /

adjective

specialized for sucking or adheringthe suctorial mouthparts of certain insects

relating to or possessing suckers or suction

Word Origin for suctorial

C19: from New Latin suctōrius, from Latin sūgere to suck

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suctorial

[ sŭk-tôr′ē-əl ]

adj.

Relating to or adapted for sucking.

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