sucking disk

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• sucking disk — a disk like structure used by a fish to attach itself to rocks or vegetation …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• sucking fish — noun marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects • Syn: ↑remora, ↑suckerfish • Hypernyms: ↑spiny finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑sharksucker, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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• ostariophysan — ▪ fish Introduction  any of about8,000 species of bony fishes (bony fish) belonging to a group that includes the majority of freshwater fishes throughout the world. Familiar representatives of this group are the minnows (minnow), suckers (sucker) …   Universalium

• remora — /rem euhr euh/, n. 1. 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. 2. Archaic. an obstacle, hindrance, or… …   Universalium

• perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction       any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… …   Universalium

• bat — bat1 /bat/, n., v., batted, batting. n. 1. Sports. a. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. b. a racket, esp. one used in badminton or table tennis. c. a whip used by a jockey. d. the act of using a… …   Universalium

• clingfish — /kling fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) clingfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) clingfishes. any fish of the family Gobiesocidae, having a sucking disk on the abdomen for clinging to stones, debris, etc. [1890 95; CLING1 +… …   Universalium

• snailfish — /snayl fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) snailfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) snailfishes. any of several elongate, smooth skinned fishes of the family Liparididae, inhabiting cold seas, having the ventral fins modified… …   Universalium

• Giardia — A genus of parasitic flagellates that parasitize the small intestine of many mammals, including most domestic animals and humans; e.g., G. bovis in cattle, G. canis in dogs, and G. cati in cats. Many species have been described, but recent… …   Medical dictionary

• paracanthopterygian — ▪ fish Introduction       any member of the superorder Paracanthopterygii, a predatory, primarily marine group that forms one of about six major branches of the Teleostei (teleost), or bony fishes, the dominant modern aquatic vertebrates.… …   Universalium