Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fishes of the family Carangidæ; the pilot-fish. N. ductor is the type. See
pilot-fish .
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- noun a genus of Carangidae
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Today, he survives as the Echeneis naucrates, or "Live Sharksucker," or "Slender Suckerfish."
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Today, he survives as the Echeneis naucrates, or "Live Sharksucker," or "Slender Suckerfish."
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The sucet spoken of by Columbus and Martin d’Anghiera was probably the Echeneis naucrates and not the
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The sucet spoken of by Columbus and Martin d'Anghiera was probably the Echeneis naucrates and not the Echeneis remora.)
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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