SUCKING FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sucking fish mean? 

• SUCKING FISH (noun)
  The noun SUCKING FISH 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 objects

  Familiarity information: SUCKING FISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUCKING FISH (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 ("sucking fish" 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 "sucking fish"):

Echeneis naucrates; sharksucker (remoras found attached to sharks)

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

Holonyms ("sucking fish" 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)