SHARKSUCKER Definition & Meaning

sharksucker

[ shahrk-suhk-er ]

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noun

any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks. shark.

sharksucker

/ ˈʃɑː��ˌ��ʌ��ə /

noun

an informal name for a remora

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Origin of sharksucker¹

First recorded in 1840–50; shark ¹ + sucker

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The United Kingdom should “refrain from being Washington’s sharksucker”, according to a state-run Chinese newspaper, after British warship sailed through contested waters in the South China Sea.

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And now scientists have figured out where the sharksucker’s sucking discs actually came from.

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The head of a 26.7 mm remora, or sharksucker, with its strange suction disc.

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