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suckstones

suckstones is the plural of suckstone.

Meaning of suckstone

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

Questions about suckstones

What is suckstones the plural of?
Suckstones is the plural of suckstone.

Words near suckstones in the dictionary

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

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