suctorially

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adverb

In a suctorial manner.

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Meanings

adverbsuctorially (comparative more suctorially, superlative most suctorially)

comparative more suctorially · superlative most suctorially

  1. In a suctorial manner.

    As far as I am aware, this is the only group of animals feeding suctorially on algae and presumably digesting or rejecting the non-chloroplast fraction of the cytoplasm but retaining the chloroplasts in an intact and active state in the digestive diverticula.

    1984, F. E. Round, The Ecology of Algae, page 395
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APA

suctorially. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suctorially

MLA

“suctorially.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suctorially. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suctorially,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suctorially.

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