/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 Suctoria.
[ 1835-45; Suctori ( a ), n. use of neut. pl. of SUCTORIUS sucking ( sug ( ere ) to SUCK + -torius -TORY 1 ) + -AN ]