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adj. - Having organs or parts adapted for clinging or drawing into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth.

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Usage examples (23)
  • I keep my cover letters brief and never too suctorial
  • They feed on blood drawn from the gill filaments by a suctorial mouth.
  • Locomotion is facilitated by three types of appendage: creeping welts, prolegs, and suctorial discs.
  • In these pages the Commission considers the question of the transference of plague by suctorial insects.
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