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FAMILY ECHENEIDIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships
Synonyms:
Echeneididae; family Echeneidae; family Echeneididae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Echeneididae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Echeneididae"):
remora; suckerfish; sucking fish (marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects)
Echeneis; genus Echeneis (type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras)
genus Remilegia; Remilegia (a genus of Echeneididae)
Holonyms ("family Echeneididae" is a member of...):
Discocephali; order Discocephali (small order of fishes comprising the remoras)
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