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ECHENEIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras

Synonyms:

Echeneis; genus Echeneis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Echeneis" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Echeneis"):

Echeneis naucrates; sharksucker (remoras found attached to sharks)

Holonyms ("Echeneis" is a member of...):

Echeneididae; family Echeneidae; family Echeneididae (fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships)

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