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SUCKING FISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
Synonyms:
remora; suckerfish; sucking fish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sucking fish" is a kind of...):
acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sucking fish"):
Echeneis naucrates; sharksucker (remoras found attached to sharks)
Remilegia australis; whale sucker; whalesucker (large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins)
Holonyms ("sucking fish" 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)
