suctorian

名词 n.
/sʌkˈtɔːɹɪən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.

词形变化

suctorians plural

词源

From translingual Suctoria + -an.
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