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suctorian
suc·to·ri·an S0862650 (sŭk-tôr′ē-ən)n. Any of various aquatic protozoans of the subclass Suctoria that have a free-swimming ciliated immature form and a sessile, stalked adult form that lacks cilia and feeds by means of suctorial tentacles. [From New Latin Sūctōria, class name, from neuter pl. of sūctōrius, suctorial; see suctorial.]suctorian (sʌkˈtɔːrɪən) n (Animals) a protozoan belonging to the class Suctoria, characterized by having suctorial tentacles with which it feedsadj (Zoology) a variant form of suctorialsuc•to•ri•an (sʌkˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr-) n. 1. a suctorial animal. 2. a protozoan of the order Suctoria, which in the adult phase attaches to the substrate by a stalk and feeds by means of suctorial tentacles. adj. 3. belonging or pertaining to the Suctoria. [1835–45; < New Latin Suctori(a), <sūctōrius sucking (Latin sūg(ere) to suck + -tōrius -tory1)] Translationssuctorian
suctorian (sŭk-tôr′ē-ən)n. Any of various aquatic protozoans of the subclass Suctoria that have a free-swimming ciliated immature form and a sessile, stalked adult form that lacks cilia and feeds by means of suctorial tentacles. |