| NOUN | animal | suckerfish, remora, sucking fish | 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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| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | remora, sucking fish | |
| Member of | Echeneididae, family Echeneididae, family Echeneidae | fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships |
| Narrower | sharksucker, Echeneis naucrates | remoras found attached to sharks |
| whale sucker, whalesucker, Remilegia australis | large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins | |
| Broader | spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian | A teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays |
| Spanish | remora, rémora | |
| Catalan | rèmora | |
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