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suctorial

adjective as in sucking

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Example Sentences

In this septum there is formed at a later stage a vertical muscle attached to the suctorial part of the stomodum.

Lampreys are carnivorous creatures, and attach themselves to fishes by their suctorial mouths, and rasp away the flesh.

The two heterogenetic generations are very different in the parasitic suctorial worms (trematodes).

In the same place the suctorial Entomostraca are added as examples of the difficulty of recognising the type.

It is called by Mr. Swainson the suctorial, from a very generally prevalent peculiarity, that of drawing sustenance by suction.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to suctorial, such as: aspiratory, and paratrophic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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