suctorial

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The Encyclopedia describes it as of the order of Hexapoda, has firmly chitinized cuticle, and can be recognized by the combination of imperfectly suctorial jaws.

From Time Magazine Archive

A male lamprey eel apparently recognizes sex only by attaching himself with his suctorial mouth to another eel that clings to a rock.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the aquatic type his love of maritime adventure very readily assimilates him; and how far the suctorial is represented in his nature it is hardly necessary to say. 

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

In these pages the Commission considers the question of the transference of plague by suctorial insects.

From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur