Definition of sucker

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Sucker (n.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant..

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Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.
Strove :: Strisores (n. pl.) A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group..
Distoma :: Distoma (n.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2..
Sucket :: Sucker (v. i.) To form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly..
Patellula :: Patellula (n.) A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.
Nyctibune :: Nyctibune (n.) A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers..
Mudsucker :: Mudsucker (n.) A woodcock.
Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A greenhorn; one easily gulled.
Stool :: Stool (v. i.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers..
Xenopterygii :: Xenopterygii (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral sucker supported in front by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A pipe through which anything is drawn.
Fluke :: Fluke (n.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot..
Spinner :: Spinner (n.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
Creekfish :: Creekfish (n.) The chub sucker.
Puck :: Puck (n.) The goatsucker.
Bloodbird :: Bloodbird (n.) An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.
Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) The hagfish, or myxine..
Cupule :: Cupule (n.) A sucker or acetabulum.
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