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suckstone

suckstone noun: a remora.

Noun

suckstone (plural suckstones)

  1. (obsolete) A remora.
    • [H]is Admirall-gally was in her course staied by that little fish, the Latines call Remora, and the English a Sucke-stone, whose property is, to stay any ship he can fasten himselfe unto.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of suckstone

pluralsuckstones

Origin of suckstone

From suck + stone.

Questions about suckstone

What does suckstone mean?
Suckstone means a remora.
What part of speech is suckstone?
Suckstone is a noun.
What is the plural of suckstone?
The plural of suckstone is suckstones.

Words near suckstone in the dictionary

  1. sucks tits
  2. sucks to be you
  3. sucks to suck
  4. sucks under
  5. sucks up
  6. suckstone
  7. suckstones
  8. suckt
  9. sucktacular
  10. sucktastic
  11. suckup

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