suctorial

From Latin sugo, suctum (“to suck”).

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

suctorial (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Adapted for sucking; living by sucking.

   The hummingbirds are suctorial birds.

   suctorial mouth

   suctorial mouthparts

2. (zoology) Capable of adhering by suction.

   suctorial fishes

   suctorial organ

   suctorial tentacles

• suctorious

• suctorially

• Suctoria

• “suctorial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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