rémora

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

mora

from Latin remora, "obstacle, delay", because it was attributed with the power to stop vessels in their course; Pliny thus speaks of an Antony's galley stopped by a remora.

Definition

poissons

Synonyms

pilotepoisson-pilotesucet

Plural

rémoras

Hyperonyms

téléostéenéchénéidé

Hyponyms

rémora blanchâtrerémora communrémora des espadonsrémora des marlinsrémora fuselé

Translations

  • germangerman:Schiffshalter
  • englishenglish:suckerfish
  • spanishspanish:rémora
  • italianitalian:remora
  • dutchdutch:remora
  • swedishswedish:sugfisk