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suctorial

A เกี่ยวกับ อวัยวะ ดูด ที่ มี อวัยวะ ดูด

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUCTORIAL

Suc *to "ri *al, a. Etym: [L. sugere, suctum, to suck. ]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes.

New American Oxford Dictionary

suctorial

suc to ri al |ˌsəkˈtôrēəl səkˈtɔriəl | ▶adjective chiefly Zoology adapted for sucking (descriptive, for example, of the mouthparts of some insects ). • (of an animal ) having a sucker for feeding or adhering to something. DERIVATIVES suc to ri al ly adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin suctorius (from Latin sugere ‘suck ’) + -al .

Oxford Dictionary

suctorial

suctorial |sʌkˈtɔːrɪəl | ▶adjective chiefly Zoology adapted for sucking (as, for example, the mouthparts of some insects ). • (of an animal ) having a sucker for feeding or adhering to something. DERIVATIVES suctorially adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin suctorius (from Latin sugere ‘suck ’) + -al .