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remora

rem·o·ra [ rémmərə ] (plural rem·o·ras)


noun 
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fish with suction disk: a bony saltwater fish with a suction disk on the top of its head that it uses to attach itself to a larger fish or a ship's hull. Family Echeneidae.

[Mid-16th century. < Latin, "hindrance"; from the belief that it slowed ships down]
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