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Echeneis
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echeneis
Translingual
thumb|sucker on Echeneis naucrates
Etymology
From mul grc ἐχενηΐς ship-detaining; see also Remora genus.
Proper noun
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genus family Echeneidae the suckerfishes
Hypernyms
genus
Hyponyms
genus Echeneis naucrates species (live sharksucker) - type species; Echeneis neucratoides species (whitefin sharksucker) - other extant species
References
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