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Definition of Remora

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

Definition of Remora

1. n. Delay; obstacle; hindrance.

Definition of Remora

1. Noun. Any of various elongate brown fish from the family ''Echeneidae'' whose dorsal fin is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Remora

1. a type of marine fish [n -S] : REMORID [adj]

Medical Definition of Remora

1. 1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. 2. Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish. The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamellae, situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or remora of sharks (Echeneis naucrates), and the swordfish remora (Remora brachyptera), are common American species. 3. An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. Origin: L., cf. F. Remora. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Remora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wood Carvings in English Churches by Francis Bond (1910)
"THE remora. This is a fish only a foot long; but when it attaches itself by its suckers to the keel, a ship cannot move. This was a useful property in a ..."

2. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"XV. FORSTER, Catalogue of Animals of North America, 1771. JOHN REINHOLD FORSTER. remora Forster, 20; type ECHENEIS remora L. Equivalent to remora of Catesby ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1856)
"The ancients had the most absurd fables regarding the species with which they were familiar (the Echeneis remora of the Mediterranean), all bearing some ..."

4. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"THE remora ; OF WHICH THE STORY IS THAT IT STAYS SHIPS UNDER SAIL. Sir Thomas Browne doubts whether the story of the remora be not unreasonably amplified. ..."

5. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand (1849)
"... remora, OF WHICH THE STORY IS THAT IT STAYS SHIPS UNDER SAIL SIR THOMAS BROWNE doubts whether the story of the re- mora be not unreasonably amplified. ..."

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