Echeneis

Noun
1. type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras
(synonym) genus Echeneis
(hypernym) fish genus
(member-holonym) Echeneididae, family Echeneididae, family Echeneidae
(member-meronym) sharksucker, Echeneis naucrates

[Folklore] The Echeneis was the bane of all sailors. Its name means delay or hindrance. A cartilaginous disk atop its flattened head acted as a suction cup. When a single echeneis attached itself to the ship of the emperor Caligula's the combined of hundred oarsmen could not budge the vessel.

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sucking fish| the remora