Meaning of sharksucker | Babel Free

Definitions

The remora or suckerfish.

Examples

“Shark fishermen sometimes receive⟳ an unexpected bonus in the form⟳ of small fishes known as remoras, or sharksuckers, which are attached to the sharks by a sucking disk located on the top of the head.”

“The sharksucker may be found free swimming but is most often found hitchhiking on a larger fish⟳ by attaching itself to the fish⟳ with the sucker disk on top of its head.”

“Remoras and sharksuckers directly attach themselves to large sharks, Manta Rays, and large bony fish⟳, feeding on scraps of their hosts' dinners and taking smaller fish⟳ not eaten by the host⟳.”

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