suctorian means A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate.“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.”