ramora

It's a nice book and Ottley is a terrific artist but it's a ramora.

Top 100 Comic Book Runs #80-76 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

An executive unwilling to take any significant risks, always looking for a trend or hot commodity to latch onto like some sort of ramora fish.

A New Feature Animation Shingle Steve Hulett 2007

Callido balsamo stillan le ramora dai cespi roridi;

A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888

It must suck to be a parasitic ramora and have your host suddenly croak…and there ain’t nobody left you can latch onto.

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