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Definition of Suctorian
1. n. A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lampery.
Definition of Suctorian
1. Noun. A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suctorian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suctorian
Literary usage of Suctorian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Protozoa and Disease by James Jackson Clarke (1908)
"... only lack the terminal knob to be indistinguishable from the tentacle of a
typical suctorian, and though the nuclear structures differ from a typical ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"The suctorian larva has an abdomen which terminates in two short points, ...
are used for securing the food ; but the youn" suctorian has none of these. ..."
3. The Protozoa by Gary Nathan Calkins (1901)
"... compared the simple, single, and terminal mouth-tube of a primitive suctorian
with the long, proboscis-like oral region of certain ..."
4. The Protozoa by Gary Nathan Calkins (1901)
"... compared the simple, single, and terminal mouth-tube of a primitive suctorian
with the long, proboscis-like oral region of certain ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"All protoplasmic processes, cilia, flagella, pseudopodia, and suctorian tentacles,
are of essentially the same structure and consist of a contractile ..."
6. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"... tubules into the body of the suctorian. In Mastigophora and Infusoria the
protoplasm is similar in structure to that of lower Protozoa, being alveolar ..."
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