Bible Dictionaries
Suctoria

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n. pl.) Same as Rhizocephala.

(2):

(n. pl.) An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Suctoria'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/suctoria.html. 1828.