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echeneidid

echeneidid is the alternative form of echeneid.

Meaning of echeneid

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

Forms of echeneidid

pluralecheneidids

Questions about echeneidid

What is echeneidid the alternative form of?
Echeneidid is the alternative form of echeneid.

Words near echeneidid in the dictionary

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

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