Sharksucker
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The remora or suckerfish.
"Shark fishermen sometimes receive an unexpected bonus in the form of small fishes known as remoras, or sharksuckers, which are attached to the sharks by a sucking disk located on the top of the head."
- 2 remoras found attached to sharks wordnet
Example
More examples"Shark fishermen sometimes receive an unexpected bonus in the form of small fishes known as remoras, or sharksuckers, which are attached to the sharks by a sucking disk located on the top of the head."
Etymology
From shark + sucker.
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