Look up: Remora

1. remora
   [n] - marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
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2. Remora
   Rem'o·ra noun [ Latin : confer French rémora .] 1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [ Obsolete] Milton. 2. (Zoology) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis , Remora , and allie...
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3. remora
   1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. ... 2. <zoology> Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish. ... The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamellae, situated on the top of th...
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4. remora
   suckerfish noun marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
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5. Remora
   • (n.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. • (n.) Delay; obstacle; hindrance. • (n.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish.
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6. remora
   any of 8–10 species of marine fishes of the family Echeneidae (order Perciformes) noted for attaching themselves to, and riding about on, sharks, ... [1 related articles]
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7. Remora
   USS Remora was an American Corsair Class submarine of 1570 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Remora was armed with one 5 inch gun; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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8. remora
   remora (rem'uru) , any of the several species of warmwater fishes of the family Echeneidae, characterized by an oval sucking disk on the top of the head. With this apparatus (a modification of the dorsal fin) the remora, or suckerfish, attaches itself to sharks, swordfishes, drums, marlins, and ...
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9. Remora
   The Remora is a genus of fish included in the Goby family. They have on top of their head a peculiar sucking-disc which they use to attach themselves to the bottom of other fish or ships.
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10. remora
    Any of a family of warm-water fishes that have an adhesive disc on the head, by which they attach themselves to whales, sharks, and turtles. These provide the remora with shelter and transport, as well as food in the form of parasites on the host's skin
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11. Remora
    ), sometimes called a `suckerfish` or `sharksucker`, is an elongated, brown fish in the order accessdate = 20 March 2006-->--> They grow to 30–90 centimetres long (1–3&nbsp;ft), and their distinctive first dorsal fin takes the form of a modified oval sucker-like organ with slat-lik...
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