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suctorian
[ suhk-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr- ]
noun
- a suctorial animal.
- 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.
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Suctoria.
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