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echeneid

echeneid noun: any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish).

echeneid: any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish)
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Noun

echeneid (plural echeneids)

  1. Any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish).
    • They are characterized by a unique cephalic sucking disc by which the echeneid attaches itself externally to its host.2000, T. Trnski, J. M. Leis, “81: Echeneidae (Remoras)”, in Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, editors, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes, page 518
    • Postflexion stage, larvae, and juveniles of some echeneids have been illustrated by Richards (2005a).2010, Kathleen Sabina Cole, Reproduction and Sexuality in Marine Fishes: Patterns and Processes, page 38

Synonyms of echeneid

Forms of echeneid

pluralecheneids

Questions about echeneid

What does echeneid mean?
Echeneid means any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish).
What part of speech is echeneid?
Echeneid is a noun.
What is the plural of echeneid?
The plural of echeneid is echeneids.

Words near echeneid in the dictionary

  1. echelonments
  2. echelons
  3. Echeloot
  4. echeme
  5. echemes
  6. echeneid
  7. echeneidid
  8. echeneidids
  9. echeneids
  10. Echeng
  11. Echenique

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