Remora
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin remora (“delay”), believed to retard a ship to which attached.
Proper noun
[edit]Remora f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Echeneidae – suckerfishes.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (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
[edit]- (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
[edit]References
[edit]- Remora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Remora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Remora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons