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    FAMILY ECHENEIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to shipsplay

    Synonyms:

    Echeneididae; family Echeneidae; family Echeneididae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Echeneidae" is a kind of...):

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Echeneidae"):

    remora; suckerfish; sucking fish (marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects)

    Echeneis; genus Echeneis (type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras)

    genus Remilegia; Remilegia (a genus of Echeneididae)

    Holonyms ("family Echeneidae" is a member of...):

    Discocephali; order Discocephali (small order of fishes comprising the remoras)

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