Usually means: Fish that swim with sharks.
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  1. pilot fish: Merriam-Webster
  2. pilot fish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. pilot fish: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pilot-fish, pilot fish: Wordnik
  5. pilot fish: Wiktionary
  6. Pilot fish, pilot fish: Dictionary.com
  7. Pilot fish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. pilot-fish: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. Pilot Fish: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. pilot fish: FreeDictionary.org
  11. pilot fish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pilot fish: Encyclopedia

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  1. pilot fish: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pilot fish)

▸ noun:  A marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks.

Similar:
pilotfish, horse mackerel, rudderfish, dogfish, social whale, nurse, devilfish, bignose, nurse shark, fishhead, more...

Opposite:
predator, prey, follower, leader, independent

Types:
shark pilot fish, mola mola, whale shark, basking shark, blue shark, tiger shark, more...

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Similar:
pilotfish, horse mackerel, rudderfish, dogfish, social whale, nurse, devilfish, bignose, nurse shark, fishhead, more...

Opposite:
predator, prey, follower, leader, independent

Types:
shark pilot fish, mola mola, whale shark, basking shark, blue shark, tiger shark, more...



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