echeneid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish).
Example Sentences
- "They are characterized by a unique cephalic sucking disc by which the echeneid attaches itself externally to its host."
- "Postflexion stage, larvae, and juveniles of some echeneids have been illustrated by Richards (2005a)."
- "With a force applied to their caudal peduncle, the echeneids generated suction pressure differentials averaging –92.7 kPa within the disk cavity while attached to Plexiglas."