Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suctorial"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Suctorial \Suc*to"ri*al\, a. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the
humming birds are suctorial birds.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Capable of adhering by suction; as, the
suctorial fishes.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

suctorial
adj : adapted for sucking or clinging by suction


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