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    SUCKING FISH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    remora; suckerfish; sucking fish

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("sucking fish" is a kind of...):

    acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sucking fish"):

    Echeneis naucrates; sharksucker (remoras found attached to sharks)

    Remilegia australis; whale sucker; whalesucker (large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins)

    Holonyms ("sucking fish" is a member of...):

    Echeneididae; family Echeneidae; family Echeneididae (fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships)

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