remora

rem·o·ra  (rmr-)

n.

Any of several marine fishes of the family Echeneidae, having on the head a sucking disk with which they attach themselves to sharks, whales, sea turtles, or the hulls of ships. Also called shark sucker, suckerfish, suckfish.

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[Latin, delay (from the belief that they could slow ships down), from remorr, to delay : re-, re- + morr, to delay (from mora, delay).]

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remora [ˈrɛmərə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of the marine spiny-finned fishes constituting the family Echeneidae. They have a flattened elongated body and attach themselves to larger fish, rocks, etc., by a sucking disc on the top of the head

[from Latin, from re- + mora delay; an allusion to its alleged habit of delaying ships]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

remora - marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects suckerfish, sucking fish acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays Echeneididae, family Echeneidae, family Echeneididae - fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships Echeneis naucrates, sharksucker - remoras found attached to sharks Remilegia australis, whale sucker, whalesucker - large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins