The Remora, or Sucking-fish, which has on the crown of its head an oblong flat disk, or sucker, by means of which it can adhere to foreign bodies.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Echeneidae (remoras) > member of (remora) (15) echeneis1481 The Remora, or Sucking-fish, which has on the crown of its head an oblong flat disk, or sucker, by means of which it can adhere to foreign bodies. remora1533 Any of various slender marine fishes of the family Echeneidae, which have the dorsal fin modified to form a large oval suction disc for… stay-ship1567 = remora, n. suck-stone1602 a remora or sucking-fish. stop-ship1605 the remora. sea-lamprey1616 †(a) = remora, n. 1; (b) a marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. ship-halter1668 the sucking-fish = remora, n. 1. sucking-fish1697 A fish furnished with a sucker or adhesive organ. The remora, n., Echeneis remora. sucker1753 Any fish characterized by a suctorial disk by which it adheres to foreign objects; e.g. fishes of the genus Cyclopterus (cf. lump sucker n. at lump… suck-fish1753 = sucker, n. 11. shark-sucker1850 ‘any remora that adheres to sharks,’ esp. Echeneis naucrates. ship-holder1860 fisher-fish1867 (see quot.). sucker-fish1867 = senses 6 11, sucking-fish, n. sea-lampern- = sea-lamprey n. (a). |
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