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suctorial

/suhk-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-/US // sʌkˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- //UK // (sʌkˈtɔːrɪəl) //

向量,矢量式,矢量,矢车菊

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
    • : having sucking organs; imbibing or adhering by suckers.
    • : pertaining to or characterized by suction.

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Examples

  • In this septum there is formed at a later stage a vertical muscle attached to the suctorial part of the stomodum.

  • Lampreys are carnivorous creatures, and attach themselves to fishes by their suctorial mouths, and rasp away the flesh.

  • The two heterogenetic generations are very different in the parasitic suctorial worms (trematodes).

  • In the same place the suctorial Entomostraca are added as examples of the difficulty of recognising the type.

  • It is called by Mr. Swainson the suctorial, from a very generally prevalent peculiarity, that of drawing sustenance by suction.