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Webster 1913 Edition

Suctoria

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Suc-to′ri-a

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Noun.

pl.

[NL. See

.]

(Zool.)

1.

An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked.

2.

Same as

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Definition 2024

Suctoria

Suctoria

Translingual

Suctoria

Proper noun

Suctoria

A taxonomic subclass within the phylum Ciliophora – ciliates which become sessile in their developed stage and then lose their redundant cilia. They feed by extracellular digestion..

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Ciliophora - phylum; Intramacronucleata - subphylum; Phyllopharyngea - class

Hyponyms

(genus): Exogenida, Endogenida, Evaginogenida - orders

References

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521