2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Suctoria. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
suctorian — noun Etymology: New Latin Suctoria, from neuter plural of suctorius suctorial Date: circa 1842 any of a class or subclass (Suctoria) of complex protozoans which are ciliated only early in development and in which the mature form is fixed to the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
suctorian — /suk tawr ee euhn, tohr /, n. 1. a suctorial animal. 2. a protozoan of the class or order Suctoria, which live, as adults, attached by a stalk to the substrate and feed by means of long, suctorial tentacles. adj. 3. belonging or pertaining to the … Universalium
suctorian — noun A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate … Wiktionary
suctorian — suc·to·ri·an ē ən n any protozoan of the class Suctoria … Medical dictionary
suctorian — suc·to·ri·an … English syllables
suctorian — suc•to•ri•an [[t]sʌkˈtɔr i ən, ˈtoʊr [/t]] n. 1) bio a suctorial animal 2) mcr 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 3) mcr belonging or… … From formal English to slang
suctorian — ˌsəkˈtōrēən noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Suctoria + English an 1. : a suctorial animal 2. : one of the Suctoria * * * /suk tawr ee euhn, tohr /, n … Useful english dictionary
protozoan — /proh teuh zoh euhn/, n., pl. protozoans, (esp. collectively) protozoa / zoh euh/, adj. Biol. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are… … Universalium
Ciliate — For the type of leaf margin, see Leaf#Margins (edge). Ciliated Cells Temporal range: Ediacaran Recent … Wikipedia
Myzocytosis — (from Greek: myzein, (μυζεῖν) meaning to suck and kytos (κύτος) meaning container , hence referring to cell ) is a method of feeding found in some heterotrophic organisms. It is also called cellular vampirism as the predatory cell pierces the… … Wikipedia
