different between eukaryote vs suctorian

English

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Alternative forms

• eucaryot
• eucaryote
• eukaryot

Etymology

Borrowed from French eucaryote; equivalent to eu- +? karyon + a suffix derived from Ancient Greek -???? (-?t?s).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ju?kæ?i.??t/, /ju?kæ?i.?t/
• Hyphenation: eu?kary?ote

Noun

eukaryote (plural eukaryotes or eukarya)

1. Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.

Related terms

• eukaryal
• eukaryocyte
• eukaryon
• eukaryotic
• prokaryote

Translations

English

Etymology

From translingual Suctoria +? -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?k?t?????n/

Noun

suctorian (plural suctorians)

1. A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate.
   • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 11:

     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.

Hypernyms

• phyllopharyngean
• ciliophoran
• alveolate
• protist
• eukaryote
• microbe

Translations

See also

• Suctoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• curations, soucriant