remora
noun
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
remoras
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pluralof remora.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That starkness gives the movie the in-the-moment immediacy of a nature doc about a shark and a swarm of remoras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
He’s seen video from French Polynesia that appears to show whale sharks going into a cleaning posture—head up, tail down—to allow reef sharks to swarm all over them and gobble down remoras.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 13, 2018
I imagine it feels similar for the entourage of tuna, remoras and other hangers-on that seem to admire its underbelly and innocently chase a free ride from its slipstream.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 30, 2017
In the bright midmorning light you could see the little yellow-blue pilot fish swimming in front of the sharks’ pointed snouts, remoras clinging to their sides and copepod parasites in their eyes and gills.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2015
The other kids are bouncing around me like remoras swimming under a great white.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
