remora
Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in…Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals.
Meaning
4 sensesAny of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals.
Schiffshalter
прилипа́лаprilipála
A serpent.
(obsolete)A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
(obsolete)A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.
- marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”), from the belief thatBorrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”), from the belief that the fish would attach themselves to ships and slow them down, from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mora (“delay”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember; to care for”)).
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Forms
plural: remora / remorae / remorasSynonyms
7 synonyms- marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects:suckerfishsucking fish
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular