pilotfish
Origin of pilotfish
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How to use pilotfish in a sentence
And sharks meant pilot-fish, and remoras, and various sorts of parasitic creatures.
The Cruise of the Snark | Jack LondonAlighting at the ferry, they started up Front street, Rose in lead, he being pilot-fish.
Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison | Austin Biron BidwellThe pilot-fish were wildly excited; they stopped to see what was going to happen.
The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories | Anton TchekoffEach moment I fancied I could feel the pilot-fish touching me, and I almost screamed with agony.
We ate also pilot fish, and remoras; in fact, the sea yielded up its creatures abundantly to our larder.
Through the South Seas with Jack London | Martin Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for pilot fish
a small carangid fish, Naucrates ductor, of tropical and subtropical seas, marked with dark vertical bands: often accompanies sharks and other large fishes
any of various similar or related fishes
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