Usually means: Fish that attaches to hosts.
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  1. remora: Merriam-Webster
  2. remora: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. remora: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. remora: Collins English Dictionary
  5. remora: Vocabulary.com
  6. Remora, remora: Wordnik
  7. remora: Wiktionary
  8. remora: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. remora: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. remora: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Remora, remora: Dictionary.com
  12. remora: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Remora (genus), Remora: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Remora: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. remora: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. remora: Rhymezone
  17. Remora: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. remora: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Remora: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  20. remora: FreeDictionary.org
  21. remora: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. remora: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. remora: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Remora (genus), remora: Legal dictionary

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  1. Remora (genus), remora: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. remora, remora: A Word A Day
  2. remora: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. remora: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (remora)

noun:  Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals.
noun:  (heraldry) A serpent.
noun:  (obsolete) A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
noun:  (obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.

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