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Suctoria vs Suctorian - What's the difference?

suctoria | suctorian |

Suctoria is often a misspelling of suctorian.


Suctoria has no English definition.

As a noun suctorian is

a protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class class: Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate.

suctoria

Not English

Suctoria has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'suctoria':

sectarian, sistren, sastruga, suctorian, sestrin

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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