a. Zool. Now rare. [Formed as prec. + -OUS.] = SUCTORIAL.

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1815.  Kirby & Sp., Entomol. (1816), I. 167. The larvæ of Dytisci fixing themselves by their suctorious mandibles to the body of fish.

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1835–6.  Todd’s Cycl. Anat., I. 519/2. Both kinds of prehensile organs are provided with acetabula, or suctorious discs for adhesion.

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  So Suctory a. rare–1.

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1826.  Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. xxxiv. 464. Rostellum, which I employ to denote the suctory organs of the louse tribe.

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