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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
2. 2
   large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

remilegia australiswhale suckerwhale sucker

Etymology

From whale + sucker.

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