REMORA Definition & Meaning

remora

[ rem-er-uh ]

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noun

any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
Archaic. an obstacle, hindrance, or obstruction.

remora

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noun

any of the marine spiny-finned fishes constituting the family Echeneidae . They have a flattened elongated body and attach themselves to larger fish, rocks, etc, by a sucking disc on the top of the head

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Origin of remora¹

1560–70; < Latin: literally, delay, hindrance, derivative of ��𳾴ǰ��ī to linger, delay, equivalent to re- re- + ��ǰ��ī to delay

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Origin of remora¹

C16: from Latin, from re- + mora delay; an allusion to its alleged habit of delaying ships

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A remora who eats scraps of food dropped by Trump, is protected by Trump and gets a free ride from Trump.

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While diving, he saw a shark with a remora—a fish which uses suction to hitchhike on larger species—attached to its body, and he had an idea.

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That’s the idea behind a new robot, inspired by remoras—fish that hitchhike onto other animals using an adhesive disk on top of their head.

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He said when Depp was inebriated, he would also “insult his fans” and call them “remoras,” also known as suckerfish.

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She has also been developing an artificial suction disk inspired by the remora’s, which she hopes researchers like Dr. Goldbogen will eventually be able to use to better stick cameras to whales.

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