suctorian

[ suhk-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr- ]
noun

  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.

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the Suctoria.

Origin of suctorian

1
1835–45; <New Latin Suctori(a), noun use of neuter plural of sūctōrius sucking (<Latin sūg(ere) to suck + -tōrius-tory1) + -an

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