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
By means of the suctorial mouth, stones are removed from more or less circular area so as to form a shallow excavation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
It is called by Mr. Swainson the suctorial, from a very generally prevalent peculiarity, that of drawing sustenance by suction.
From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert
The mouth is minute and the pharynx is always suctorial, never gizzard-like.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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