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REMORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does remora mean? 

REMORA (noun)
  The noun REMORA has 1 sense:

1. marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objectsplay

  Familiarity information: REMORA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REMORA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

remora; suckerfish; sucking fish

Hypernyms ("remora" is a kind of...):

acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remora"):

Echeneis naucrates; sharksucker (remoras found attached to sharks)

Remilegia australis; whale sucker; whalesucker (large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins)

Holonyms ("remora" is a member of...):

Echeneididae; family Echeneidae; family Echeneididae (fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships)


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