Remora

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See also: remora and rémora

Translingual

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Remora

Etymology

Latin remora (“delay”), believed to retard a ship to which attached.

Proper noun

Remora f

A taxonomic genus within the family Echeneidae – suckerfishes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes – order; Percoidei - suborder; Percoidea - superfamily; Echeneidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Remora remora (common remora, sharksucker) - type species; Remora albescens (white suckerfish), Remora australis (whalesucker), Remora brachyptera (spearfish remora), Remora osteochir (marlin sucker) - other species

Derived terms

Remorina
†Oligoremora

References

Remora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Remora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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