SUCTORIAN


Meaning of SUCTORIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ē-ən ]

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

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