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单词 remora
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
rem•o•ra  (remər ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fishany of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
  2. [Archaic.]an obstacle, hindrance, or obstruction.
  • Latin: literally, delay, hindrance, derivative of remorārī to linger, delay, equivalent. to re- re- + morārī to delay
  • 1560–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
remora /ˈrɛmərə/ n
  1. any of the marine spiny-finned fishes constituting the family Echeneidae. They have a flattened elongated body and attach themselves to larger fish, rocks, etc, by a sucking disc on the top of the head
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from re- + mora delay; an allusion to its alleged habit of delaying ships
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