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suctorian

Meaning of "suctorian" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SUCTORIAN

sʌkˈtɔːrɪən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUCTORIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Suctorian is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUCTORIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of suctorian in the English dictionary

The definition of suctorian in the dictionary is a protozoan belonging to the class Suctoria, characterised by having suctorial tentacles with which it feeds.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUCTORIAN

amatorian · centaurian · consistorian · historian · Nestorian · Oratorian · polyhistorian · praetorian · prehistorian · pretorian · propraetorian · protohistorian · refectorian · salutatorian · senatorian · stentorian · sutorian · Territorian · valedictorian · Victorian

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUCTORIAN

suckling · suckling pig · sucks · sucky · sucralfate · sucralose · sucrase · sucre · sucrier · sucrose · suction · suction cup · suction disc · suction pad · suction pump · suction stop · suction valve · suctional · suctorial · sucuruju

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUCTORIAN

Brian · censorian · Dorian · Ecuadorian · ethnohistorian · gladiatorian · Gregorian · Hungarian · hyperdorian · Hypodorian · infusorian · Ivorian · lictorian · madreporian · mid-Victorian · natural historian · pelorian · purgatorian · Salvadorian · sartorian

Synonyms and antonyms of suctorian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «suctorian» into 25 languages

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suctorian
1,325 millions of speakers
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suctorian
570 millions of speakers
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suctorian
510 millions of speakers
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suctorian
380 millions of speakers
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مصيصي
280 millions of speakers
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сукторий
278 millions of speakers
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Suctoria
270 millions of speakers
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suctorian
260 millions of speakers
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suctorian
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Suctorian
190 millions of speakers
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suctorian
180 millions of speakers
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suctorian
130 millions of speakers
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suctorian
85 millions of speakers
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Soda
85 millions of speakers
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suctorian
80 millions of speakers
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உறிஞ்சுவதற்கு ஏற்றவாறு அங்கம் அமையப் பெற்ற விலங்கு
75 millions of speakers
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स्वयंसेवक
75 millions of speakers
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suctorian
70 millions of speakers
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suctorian
65 millions of speakers
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suctorian
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сукторій
40 millions of speakers
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suctorian
30 millions of speakers
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suctorian
15 millions of speakers
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suctorian
14 millions of speakers
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suctorian
10 millions of speakers
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suctorian
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUCTORIAN»

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Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Invertebrates
The tentacles of a suctorian are described as consisting of two concentric tubes ( Collin 1912), the walls of which unite at the distal end. The wall of the outer tube appears to originate in and to be continuous with some component of the body ...
Hermann Ehrlich, 2010
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The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and ...
Suctorian species may occur in close proximity to each other and may be associated based on their tolerances of water conditions rather than competitive interactions (Bereczky, 1990). Kent (1980, 1981) explored the quantitative relationships ...
Denis H. Lynn, 2008
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New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology: Proceedings of the TCS ...
Suctorian and peritrich ciliates Symbiotic relationships between suctorian ciliates and pelagic copepods have been intensively investigated in the subarctic waters of the North Pacific (Yamaguchi, 2006, unpubl.). The attachment of four ...
Crustacean Society. Summer Meeting, Akira Asakura, Charles Fransen, 2011
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Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Fate: A Symposium
REFERENCE: Sayre, P. G., Spoon, D. M., and Loveland, D. G., "Use of Heliophrya sp., a Sessile Suctorian Protozoan, as a Biomonitor of Urban Runoff," Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Fate: Ninth Volume, ASTM STP 921, T. M. Poston ...
T. M. Poston, Rich Purdy, 1986
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A Functional Biology of Free-living Protozoa
After a few minutes the captured ciliate, which is often larger than its suctorian captor, ceases struggling. A single suctorian can feed simultaneously on a number of prey (Figure 2.10). Figure 2.10: Podophrya Feeding on Colpidium. In this case ...
Johanna Laybourn-Parry, 1984
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Animals Without Backbones: An Introduction to the Invertebrates
Suctorian, Tokophrya, feeds on another ciliate (Euplotes) many times its own size . It will take the suctorian about 15 minutes to finish its meal and by that time its body will be stretched to several times the normal size. (After A. E. Noble.) ...
Ralph Buchsbaum, Mildred Buchsbaum, John Pearse, 2013
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Issues in Life Sciences: Muscle, Membrane, and General ...
Mexican Backswimmers of the Genus Buenoa (Insecta, Hemiptera, Notonectidae ) “A new species of suctorian in the genus Periacineta, epibiotic on aquatic bugs ( Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepomorpha), is described on the basis of ...
‎2012
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Monograph of the Urostyloidea (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)
Adult specimens of the suctorian ciliate are about 35 μm across (Matthes 1988, p. 165). The swarmer has seven ciliary wreathes and tentacles with which it adheres to the host. It loses the cilia and causes an invagination at the host, which it ...
Helmut Berger, 2007
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Wastewater Microbiology: A Handbook for Operators
A Handbook for Operators Toni Glymph. 21. Stentor_2 Stentor (Wet mount, lOOOx phase contrast). 22. Suctorian^l Suctorian tentacles (Wet mount, lOOOx phase contrast). 23. Suctorian_2 Suctorian (Wet mount, 100QX phase contrast).
Toni Glymph, 2011
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Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates
It is then gradually sucked into the suctorian body through their central tubes (Fig. 9). 2. Digestion. Food in Protozoa is digested within food vacuoles, which usually keep on circulating in the endoplasm. Within food vacuoles, the reaction is at ...
Prof. R.L.Kotpal, 2012

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUCTORIAN»

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Neil deGrasse Tyson takes 'Cosmos' into unseen world, climate …
Viewers were taken into the tiny aquatic world of the paramecium within the dew drop where it wages microscopic war against the suctorian while the ... «Science Recorder, Apr 14»
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Thriving Colonies Of Microbes In The Ocean's Plastisphere …
Suctorian ciliate covered with symbiotic bacteria, along with diatoms, and filaments on weathered and cracked microplastic debris.” Image Credit: Erik Zettler, ... «PlanetSave.com, Jun 13»
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Scientists discover thriving colonies of microbes in ocean 'plastisphere'
Suctorian ciliate covered with symbiotic bacteria, along with diatoms, and filaments on weathered and cracked microplastic debris. Credit: Erik Zettler, Sea ... «Phys.Org, Jun 13»
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35 Years of the World's Best Microscope Photography
1983: Suctorian attached to stalk of red algae, encircled by ring of diatoms (125x), Darkfield. / Elieen Roux, Bob Hope International Heart Research Institute. «Wired News, Oct 09»
REFERENCE
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