单词 | suctorial |
释义 | suctorialadj. Zoology. Of an organ: Adapted for sucking. Of an animal: Having organs adapted for sucking or having the power of suction; belonging to any of the groups named Suctoria in which the mouth is adapted for sucking, or which possess sucking disks, or the like. Of a habit, etc.: Involving or characterized by suction. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > adapted for sucking or having suckers suctorious1815 suctory1826 suctorial1833 haustellate1835 acetabuliferous1836 suctorian1842 suckered1856 haustellous1898 1833 R. Owen Descr. Catal. Compar. Anat. II. 80 When the Lamprey is firmly attached..to foreign bodies by means of its suctorial mouth. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 267/2 The Tenuirostres..or suctorial birds. 1846 R. Patterson Introd. Zool. 61 Suctorial discs, such as those of the leeches. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 267 The Hemiptera..are suctorial insects. 1880 H. C. Bastian Brain vi. 99 Owing to the suctorial habits of these fierce and predatory creatures, the œsophagus is very narrow. 1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 672/1 Suctorial pad. Derivatives sucˈtorian n. a member of the Suctoria; esp. a cyclostomous fish; in modern use spec. a protozoan of the class or subclass Suctoria, the adult form of which is usually sessile, lacking cilia and feeding by the use of suctorial tentacles; also as adj. = suctorial adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > adapted for sucking or having suckers suctorious1815 suctory1826 suctorial1833 haustellate1835 acetabuliferous1836 suctorian1842 suckered1856 haustellous1898 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > sucker > animal with sucker sucker1835 suctorian1842 the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > [noun] > member of > other protozoans suctorian1842 tintinnid1945 Pneumocystis1955 the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > order Cyclostomata or Marsipobranchi > member of cyclostome1835 suctorian1842 marsipobranch1856 myzont1860 purse gill1863 marsipobranchiate1870 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1187/2 Suctorians, Suctorri. The name of a tribe of Cartilaginous fishes, comprehending those which..have a circular mouth adapted for suction. 1931 R. R. Kudo Handbk. Protozool. xxxiii. 399 The body of a suctorian may be spherical, elliptical, dendritic, etc. 1939 Jrnl. Cellular & Compar. Physiol. 14 410 The tentacles of the suctorian protozoan Ephelota coronata..are very long and thin. 1975 Nature 7 Aug. 467/2 Microtubules have also independently evolved into many other organelles of motility, such as..suctorian tentacles and haptonemata. 1980 J. N. Farmer Protozoa xvii. 678/1 The tentacles of suctorians included in this family are of one type, the feeding tentacles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1833 |
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