HyperDic: sucking_fish

English > 1 sense of the expression sucking fish:
NOUNanimalsucking fish, remora, suckerfishmarine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
English > sucking fish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmarine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects.
Synonymsremora, suckerfish
Member ofEcheneididae, family Echeneididae, family Echeneidaefishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships
Narrowersharksucker, Echeneis naucratesremoras found attached to sharks
whale sucker, whalesucker, Remilegia australislarge blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins
Broaderspiny-finned fish, acanthopterygianA teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
Spanishremora, rémora
Catalanrèmora

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict