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Meaning of SUCTORIAL

Pronunciation:  suk'towreeul

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 Definition: [adj]  adapted for sucking or clinging by suction
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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