remora

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REM'ORA, noun [Latin from re and moror, to delay.] 1. Delay; obstacle; hinderance. [Not in use.] 2. The sucking fish, a species of Echeneis, which is said to attach itself to the bottom or side of a ship and retard its motion.
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