different between remora vs whalesucker

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m????/, /???m???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i?m???/, /???m???/
• Hyphenation: re?mo?ra

Noun

remora (plural remora or remorae or remoras)

1. 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. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonyms: echeneid, echeneidid, sharksucker, suckerfish, suckfish, (obsolete) suckstone
2. (heraldry) A serpent.
3. (obsolete) A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
4. (obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.

Hyponyms

• (fish): pegador, swordfish sucker, whalesucker

Related terms

• Remora
• remorate

Translations

References

Further reading

• remora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Marero, roamer

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English remora, borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re?mo?ra

Noun

remora

1. a remora; any of various elongate brown 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

Italian

Noun

remora f (plural remore)

1. hesitation, scruple
2. remora (fish)

Anagrams

• armerò
• ramerò

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

whale +? sucker

Noun

whalesucker (plural whalesuckers)

1. A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.