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Alveolate vs Suctorian - What's the difference?

alveolate | suctorian | Hypernyms |

Alveolate is a hypernym of suctorian.


As nouns the difference between alveolate and suctorian

is that alveolate is (biology) a grouping of protists comprising the ciliates, sporozoa and dinoflagellates while suctorian is a protist of the subclass suctoria in the class ; a predatory sessile ciliate.

As an adjective alveolate

is having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities.

alveolate

English

Adjective

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  • having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities

    • Noun

    (wikipedia alveolate) (en noun)
  • (biology) A grouping of protists comprising the ciliates, sporozoa and dinoflagellates
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    suctorian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class ; a predatory sessile ciliate.
  • *2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 11:
  • *:If the tentacles are touched, the ‘prey’ is instantly paralysed, and the contents of its body are sucked down the tentacle into the body of the suctorian , reducing the prey to a shrivelled husk in a matter of minutes.

    • Hypernyms

    * phyllopharyngean * ciliophoran * alveolate * protist * eukaryote * microbe

    See also

    * (Suctoria)

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