Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the remoras (Echeneididæ), said to be used by the Chinese to catch other fish and turtles.
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Examples
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The Indians drew to the shore by the same cord the fisher-fish and the turtle.
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The fisher-fish, formerly employed by the Cubans by means of the flattened disc on his head, furnished with suckers, fixed himself on the shell of the sea-turtle, which is so common in the narrow and winding channels of the Jardinillos.
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The Indians drew to the shore by the same cord the fisher-fish and the turtle.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The fisher-fish, formerly employed by the Cubans by means of the flattened disc on his head, furnished with suckers, fixed himself on the shell of the sea-turtle, which is so common in the narrow and winding channels of the Jardinillos.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Fisher-fish, a species of Remora, said to be trained by the Chinese to catch turtle. — Smyth's 1867 Sailor's Wordbook
August 9, 2008