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Definitions for Remora
[1] any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
[2] Archaic . an obstacle, hindrance, or obstruction.
[3] any of the marine spiny-finned fishes constituting the family Echeneidae . They have a flattened elongated body and attach themselves to larger fish, rocks, etc, by a sucking disc on the top of the head
Words nearby Remora
remonstrance, remonstrant, remonstrate, remontant, remontoir, remora, remorse, remorseful, remorseless, remortgage, remote
Origin of Remora
1560–70; < Latin: literally, delay, hindrance, derivative of remorārī to linger, delay, equivalent to re- re- + morārī to delay
Word origin for Remora
C16: from Latin, from re- + mora delay; an allusion to its alleged habit of delaying ships