suctorial

[ suhk-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]

adjective

1. adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
2. having sucking organs; imbibing or adhering by suckers.
3. pertaining to or characterized by suction.

suctorial

/ sʌkˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. specialized for sucking or adhering

   the suctorial mouthparts of certain insects

2. relating to or possessing suckers or suction

Other Words From

• nonsuc·tori·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of suctorial¹

1825–35; < New Latin sūctōri ( us ) ( suctorian ) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of suctorial¹

C19: from New Latin suctōrius, from Latin sūgere to suck

Example Sentences

They found no evidence of plague in the rat population, concluding the disease might have been spread directly between humans, possibly by what they near-poetically described as "the suctorial parasites of mankind".

From BBC

Biting mandibles; second maxillae incompletely or completely fused; often forming a suctorial proboscis.

From Project Gutenberg

A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary.

From Project Gutenberg

By means of the suctorial mouth, stones are removed from more or less circular area so as to form a shallow excavation.

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There are, however, peculiar difficulties in those cases in which, as among the Lepidoptera, the same species is mandibulate as a larva, and suctorial as an imago.

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