SUCKER
\sˈʌkə], \sˈʌkə], \s_ˈʌ_k_ə]\
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[Anglo-Saxon] A stem-branch, first subterranean and then aerial, which may ultimately form an independent plant (bot.); an organ adapted for creating a vacuum, in some animals for purposes of ingestion, in others to assist in locomotion (zool.).
By J.H. Kenneth
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Person or thing that sucks, esp. sucking-pig or new-born whale; kinds of fish that suck in food or have mouth suggesting suction or adhere by sucking-disk; piston of suction-pump; pipe through which liquid is drawn by suction; (also sucking-disk) flat or concave surface (as organ in some animals, also acetabulum, or artificial of rubber &c. in machinery or appliances) that adheres by suction& atmospheric pressure to what it is placed against; (Bot.) shoot springing from subterranean part of stem, from part of root remote from main stem, from axil, or abnormally from bole or branch (v.t., remove ss. from; v.i., produce ss.).
By Sir Augustus Henry
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n. One who or that which sucks or draws with the mouth ;-the piston of a pump ;-a pipe through which any thing is drawn ;-the shoot of a plant from the roots or lower part of the stem;-a fish; the lump-sucker of lump-fish; -a fresh-water fish of the carp family.