remora noun. ['rɛmǝrǝ] M16.
[Latin = delay, hindrance, formed as RE- + mora delay.]
1. Any of various slender marine fishes of the family Echeneidae, with the dorsal fin modified to form a large sucker for attachment to sharks etc., formerly believed to hinder the progress of any sailing ship to which it attached itself. M16.

2. An obstacle, a hindrance, an impediment. E17.

3. Surgery. An instrument used to keep bones etc. in place. rare. L17.

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