Echeneid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish).

    "They are characterized by a unique cephalic sucking disc by which the echeneid attaches itself externally to its host."

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echeneididecheneididremorasharksuckersharksuckersuckerfish

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"They are characterized by a unique cephalic sucking disc by which the echeneid attaches itself externally to its host."

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