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Noun: whalesucker  'weyl,sú-ku(r)
  1. Large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins
    "The whalesucker uses its suction disc to hitchhike on marine mammals";
    - whale sucker, Remilegia australis

Derived forms: whale suckers

Type of: remora, suckerfish, sucking fish

Part of: genus Remilegia, Remilegia

Encyclopedia: Whalesucker