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Definition of suctorial in English: suctorialadjective sʌkˈtɔːrɪəlsəkˈtɔriəl Zoology 1Adapted for sucking (as, for example, the mouthparts of some insects) Example sentencesExamples - Tadpoles do have several rows of denticles, as well as a large, ventrally placed, suctorial oral disk - a suction-cup shaped mouth with which it clings to rocks in fast water.
- Dropping into one of the deeper pools under a ledge, I found a loricariid catfish, with its suctorial mouth, under a dead log - a favourite hang-out.
- The tadpoles of Amolops species are torrent-adapted, and have suctorial disks on their bellies.
- This fused fin is also called a suctorial disc and is used to help attach to a surface in flowing water.
- The larvae have suctorial discs and reduced tail fins, which presumably are adaptations for living in swift flowing streams.
- 1.1 (of an animal) having a sucker for feeding or adhering to something.
Example sentencesExamples - One explanation is that suctorial insect growth was limited by the phenology of the host plant and not just by climate.
- This group includes the suctorial lice, confined to mammals; they are strictly parasitic insects, being confined to their hosts constantly and deriving all their nourishment from them.
- Extremes in this case are represented by suctorial species, Poyntonia paludicola, and various semiterrestrial forms (e.g., Arthroleptides, Cycloramphus, Nannophrys, and Thoropa).
Derivatives adverb Zoology They feed suctorially, and as far as I know, cyanobacteria do not have liquid ‘cytoplasm’ (they are not eucaryotic cells, so I don't think we should actually call it cytoplasm). Example sentencesExamples - The Opisthobranch molluscs Elysia timida, E. translucens, Thuridilla hopei and Bosellia mimetica feed suctorially on the algae Acetabularia acetabulum, Udotea petiolata, Cladophora vagabunda and Halimeda tuna, respectively.
- Finally, the spinner head 25 is lowered, and, while it is suctorially stuck to the sheet object 10 and performing a predetermined rotary movement, the sheet object 10 is fed with a chemical within the inner space of the spinner cut 28, so that the surface of the sheet object 10 is treated.
- These Doto species are very closely associated with their hydroid food, and in my observations seem to stay hidden at the base of the food most of the time, apparently drilling a small hole in the rhizoidal tissue and feeding suctorially on the hydroid coenosarc through this hole.
- Based on radular and soft-tissue morphology and personal observation of feeding behaviors, it appears that species from both regions feed suctorially with the assistance of a diminutive radula.
noun Zoology
Origin Mid 19th century: from modern Latin suctorius (from Latin sugere 'suck') + -al. Definition of suctorial in US English: suctorialadjectivesəkˈtôrēəlsəkˈtɔriəl Zoology 1Adapted for sucking (descriptive, for example, of the mouthparts of some insects) Example sentencesExamples - The tadpoles of Amolops species are torrent-adapted, and have suctorial disks on their bellies.
- The larvae have suctorial discs and reduced tail fins, which presumably are adaptations for living in swift flowing streams.
- This fused fin is also called a suctorial disc and is used to help attach to a surface in flowing water.
- Dropping into one of the deeper pools under a ledge, I found a loricariid catfish, with its suctorial mouth, under a dead log - a favourite hang-out.
- Tadpoles do have several rows of denticles, as well as a large, ventrally placed, suctorial oral disk - a suction-cup shaped mouth with which it clings to rocks in fast water.
- 1.1 (of an animal) having a sucker for feeding or adhering to something.
Example sentencesExamples - One explanation is that suctorial insect growth was limited by the phenology of the host plant and not just by climate.
- Extremes in this case are represented by suctorial species, Poyntonia paludicola, and various semiterrestrial forms (e.g., Arthroleptides, Cycloramphus, Nannophrys, and Thoropa).
- This group includes the suctorial lice, confined to mammals; they are strictly parasitic insects, being confined to their hosts constantly and deriving all their nourishment from them.
Origin Mid 19th century: from modern Latin suctorius (from Latin sugere ‘suck’) + -al. |