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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any fish of the family Echeneididæ, formerly supposed to stop ships by fastening to them.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.

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