Definitions of remora
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marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
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synonyms:
suckerfish, sucking fish
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types:
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Echeneis naucrates, sharksucker
remoras found attached to sharks
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Remilegia australis, whale sucker, whalesucker
large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins
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type of:
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acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
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Echeneis naucrates, sharksucker
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