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echeneids

echeneids is the plural 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

Questions about echeneids

What is echeneids the plural of?
Echeneids is the plural of echeneid.

Words near echeneids in the dictionary

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

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