noun
marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
• Syn: ↑remora, ↑suckerfish
• Hypernyms: ↑spiny-finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian
• Hyponyms: ↑sharksucker, ↑Echeneis naucrates, ↑whale sucker, ↑whalesucker, ↑Remilegia australis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Echeneididae, ↑family Echeneididae, ↑family Echeneidae
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noun1. : remora
2. : lamprey
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suckˈerfish or sucking fish noun
The remora or any other fish with an adhesive disc, eg a lumpsucker
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Main Entry: ↑suck
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sucking fish see ↑suckerfish above.
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Main Entry: ↑suck
Useful english dictionary. 2012.