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SHARKSUCKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sharksucker mean? 

SHARKSUCKER (noun)
  The noun SHARKSUCKER has 1 sense:

1. remoras found attached to sharksplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SHARKSUCKER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remoras found attached to sharks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Echeneis naucrates; sharksucker

Hypernyms ("sharksucker" 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 ("sharksucker" is a member of...):

Echeneis; genus Echeneis (type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras)


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