sharksucker
sharksucker noun: the remora or suckerfish.
Noun
sharksucker (plural sharksuckers)
- The remora or suckerfish.
- Shark fishermen sometimes receive an unexpected bonus in the form of small fishes known as remoras, or sharksuckers, which are attached to the sharks by a sucking disk located on the top of the head.1972, Earl Stannard Herald, Fishes of North America, page 155
- The sharksucker may be found free swimming but is most often found hitchhiking on a larger fish by attaching itself to the fish with the sucker disk on top of its head.2007, Mike Lane, Angler's Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, page 191
- Synonyms:
- echeneid, echeneidid, remora, suckerfish
sharksucker meaning in Tamil
sharksucker in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Synonyms of sharksucker
Forms of sharksucker
| plural | sharksuckers |
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Origin of sharksucker
From shark + sucker.
Words formed from sharksucker
- live sharksucker
- whitefin sharksucker
Questions about sharksucker
- What does sharksucker mean?
- Sharksucker means the remora or suckerfish.
- What is sharksucker in Tamil?
- Sharksucker in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Sharksucker meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sharksucker?
- Sharksucker is a noun.
- What is the plural of sharksucker?
- The plural of sharksucker is sharksuckers.
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