noun
- plural of remora; marine fish with sucker disks on their heads that attach to larger sea animals
Usage: marine biology
Examples
- The remoras attached themselves to the whale’s belly.
- Divers often see remoras swimming alongside sharks.
- Several remoras were clinging to the sea turtle’s shell.
- The aquarium’s shark tank housed both sharks and remoras.
- Remoras feed on scraps from their host animals.
- The documentary showed remoras detaching and reattaching to different fish.