Definitions

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  • noun The remora and fish of genus Echeneis.

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

Etymologies

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sucker +‎ fish

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Examples

  • At the same moment the capsule began to sink again; it was hard to believe that this was a coincidence, and Bowman wondered if the suckerfish were the rulers of this semi-submarine world.

    Tin 2010

  • The creatures he had called suckerfish were swimming in and out of these submarine apartments; most of them were moving under their own power, but a few were operating small torpedolike machines.

    Tin 2010

  • At the same moment the capsule began to sink again; it was hard to believe that this was a coincidence, and Bowman wondered if the suckerfish were the rulers of this semi-submarine world.

    The Lost Worlds of 2001 Clarke, Arthur C. 1972

  • may i please request a post about how you would tackle flyout and 'suckerfish' menus?

    Flickr like horizontal menu 2008

  • Presently the suckerfish began to move along the outer surface of the protective bubble, obviously examining the space pod.

    Tin 2010

  • The suckerfish were very inquisitive, they gathered around in scores, peering into the ship, and they spiraled up with him when Discovery started to rise again, past that vista of radiating tunnels.

    Tin 2010

  • Bowman had a perfect view of a beautifully streamlined, torpedo-shaped body, very much like one of the remora or suckerfish that attach themselves to sharks.

    Tin 2010

  • Bowman was not surprised when he recognized the intelligent suckerfish he had seen among the roots of the skyplants, but there were also a few creatures remarkably like dolphins and seals.

    Tin 2010

  • I was a tapeworm, a suckerfish, some unheard-of species of parasite.

    In This Way I Was Saved Brian DeLeeuw 2009

  • Another highlight: glimpsing a large turtle that had two big remoras, a long brown suckerfish, attached.

    Dive Time 2009

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