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Sucking Fish

Definition: Sucking Fish

Sucking Fish

Noun

1. Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Sucking Fish

Synonyms: remora (n), suckerfish (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Sucking Fish

English words defined with "sucking fish": Sucker fish. (references)

Modern Translation: Sucking Fish

Language		Translations for "sucking fish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		merinahkiainen (sea lamprey). (various references)

French		lamproie marine, lamproie de mer, lamproie, grande lamproie marine. (various references)

Greek		γαλιά (sea lamprey), πετρόμυζο (sea lamprey), λάμπρινα (freshwater lamprey, lampern, lamprey-eel, mud lamprey, river lamprey, sea lamprey, stone eel), λάμπραινα θαλάσσης (sea lamprey). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		小判鮫 (remora, shark sucker). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"ば�"ざめ (remora, shark sucker). (various references)

Pig Latin		uckingsay ishfay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: Sucking Fish

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Petromyzon marinus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Anagrams: Sucking Fish

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-f-g-h-i-i-k-n-s-s-u"
	-2 letters: shuckings.
	-3 letters: fishings, fuchsins, huskings, kingfish, shucking, suckfish.
	-4 letters: cussing, fishing, fuchsin, fussing, hissing, husking, issuing, kissing, sicking, sickish, skiings, sucking, sunfish.
	-5 letters: chinks, chunks, fichus, ficins, finish, fungic, fusing, hiking, icings, shucks, siskin, skiing, snicks, unific.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern

5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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