Definition of sucking

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Suckfish (n.) A sucker fish.

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Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans.
Haustellate :: Haustellate (a.) Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis..
Hawk Moth :: Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm..
Suctorial :: Suctorial (a.) Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds..
Breeze Fly :: Breeze fly (n.) A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies..
Bedbug :: Bedbug (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix..
Desmodont :: Desmodont (n.) A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire..
Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored..
Exsuction :: Exsuction (n.) The act of sucking out.
Remora :: Remora (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A suckling; a sucking animal.
Suctoria :: Suction (v. t.) The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air..
Haematophlina :: Haematophlina (n. pl.) A division of Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire..
Parasita :: Parasita (n. pl.) A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata..
Midget :: Midget (n.) A minute bloodsucking fly.
Suck :: Suck (v. i.) To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking..
Haustellum :: Haustellum (n.) The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera..
Suggested :: Sugescent (a.) Of or pertaining to sucking.
Beak :: Beak (n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera..
Reduvid :: Reduvid (n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man..
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