Pronunciation: - ē - ə n
Function: 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 substrate, lacks locomotor organelles or a mouth, and obtains food through specialized suctorial tentacles