family echeneididae

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   fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships

   SynonymsEcheneididaefamily Echeneidae

   Broaderfish family

   Part ofDiscocephali

Questions about family echeneididae

What does family echeneididae mean?

family echeneididae means "fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships".

What is another word for family echeneididae?

Close synonyms include Echeneididae, family Echeneidae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family echeneididae a common word?

family echeneididae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.