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ECHENEIS NAUCRATES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Echeneis naucrates mean?
• ECHENEIS NAUCRATES (noun)
The noun ECHENEIS NAUCRATES has 1 sense:
1. remoras found attached to sharks
Familiarity information: ECHENEIS NAUCRATES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remoras found attached to sharks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Echeneis naucrates; sharksucker
Hypernyms ("Echeneis naucrates" is a kind of...):
remora; suckerfish; sucking fish (marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects)
Holonyms ("Echeneis naucrates" is a member of...):
Echeneis; genus Echeneis (type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras)
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