Definition of REMORA

remora

Meanings

Plural: remora, remorae, remoras

Noun

  • marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
  • Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals.
  • A serpent.
  • A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
  • A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”), from the belief that the fish would attach themselves to ships and slow them down, from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mora (“delay”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember; to care for”)).

Scrabble Score: 8

remora is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
remora is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
remora is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

remora is a valid Words With Friends word