suckerfish

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noun

A remora or other fish of family Echeneidae, especially Echeneis naucrates.

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remorasucking fish
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Meanings

nounsuckerfish (plural suckerfishes or suckerfish)

plural suckerfishes

  1. A remora or other fish of family Echeneidae, especially Echeneis naucrates.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmarine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

Similar
remorasucking fish
Broader
spiny-finned fishacanthopterygian
Also see
echeneidremorasharksucker

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sucker + fish.

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Translations

Spanish shitari
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APA

suckerfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckerfish

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suckerfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckerfish.

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