suctorian
English
A suctorian consuming its prey.
Etymology
From translingual Suctoria + -an.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sʌkˈtɔːɹɪən/
Noun
suctorian (plural suctorians)
- A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate.
- 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 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
Translations
protist of the Suctoria
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