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
