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Meaning of sharksucker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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