Remora

See also: remora and rémora

Translingual

Etymology

Latin remora (“delay”), believed to retard a ship to which attached.

Proper noun

Remora f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Echeneidae – suckerfishes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes - order; Percoidei - suborder; Percoidea - superfamily; Echeneidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Remora remora (common remora, sharksucker) - type species; Remora albescens (white suckerfish), Remora australis (whalesucker), Remora brachyptera (spearfish remora), Remora osteochir (marlin sucker) - other species

Derived terms

• Remorina
• †Oligoremora

References

• Remora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Remora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Remora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons