suctorial
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- adapted for sucking or clinging by suctionRelating to suction
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Suc·to′ri·al adjective
Origin: L. sugere, suctum, to suck.
1. Zoology Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.
2. Zoology Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54