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sucker

sucker

9 7.3
An organ on some animals that holds things by suction
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌkər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ventosa
  • The beings had a sucker-like organ on the side of each leg.
  • a sucker on the chest

Did Late Triassic colloids actually have bi serial suckers?

Examples

  • Thus equipped, S. stimpsoni heads upstream, conquering waterfalls by alternately attaching its mouth and chest sucker.

    Academic text (2004)

  • S. stimpsoni has a mouth that can function as a second sucker for climbing rocks.

    Academic text (2004)

  • But when he got his suckers on it, they held it firmly.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Looking upward, he saw two more helicoids hanging by their suckers from the rafters.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The male's two long tentacles whipped out, and their clublike pads of suckers pounded against the barracuda hide, sticking there.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The octopus used its many suckers to cling tightly to the rocky surface.

  • When the lamprey attaches to its prey, it uses its suckers to maintain a strong grip.

  • The squid's suckers help it catch fish in the deep ocean waters.

Antonyms

detachment
4 6.1

The act of separating something from the thing it is connected to

Idioms

to feel like a sucker
  • Offensive
1 8.6

To think you were tricked and regret trusting someone

Compounds

sucker punch
  • Informal
5 7.2

An unexpected unfair punch or sudden hurtful remark without warning

all-day sucker
  • US
7.4

A large hard candy on a stick that you suck for a long time

hog sucker
  • US
9.9

A freshwater fish with a large mouth and lips that act like a cup

redhorse sucker
  • US
9.9

A freshwater fish with reddish fins that lives in rivers and streams in North America

Uncle Sucker
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who trusts others and falls for tricks easily

whale sucker
9.7

A large fish that clings to whales or dolphins using a suction disk on its head

Surface Forms

sucker singular
suckers plural

Morphology

sucker = suck (transparent) = suck + er

Directly denotes an organ or structure used for sucking (one that sucks), which is a straightforward agent/instrument formation from 'suck'.

Etymology

Sucker for the animal organ comes from the verb suck meaning 'to take in' because the organ holds on or takes food by a sucking action, so animals use a 'sucker' to attach or feed.