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Definition remora
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”), from the belief that the fish would attach themselves to ships and slow them down, from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mora (“delay”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember; to care for”)).
Noun
remora (plural remora or remorae or remoras)
- 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. [from mid 16th c.]
- (heraldry) A serpent.
- (obsolete) A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
- (obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.
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