suctorial

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A male lamprey eel apparently recognizes sex only by attaching himself with his suctorial mouth to another eel that clings to a rock.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Encyclopedia describes it as of the order of Hexapoda, has firmly chitinized cuticle, and can be recognized by the combination of imperfectly suctorial jaws.

From Time Magazine Archive

And to omit a number of instances, in the suctorial Hemiptera or bugs we have different grades of structure in the mouth-parts.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

By means of the suctorial mouth, stones are removed from more or less circular area so as to form a shallow excavation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg