† echeneisn.

Forms: Also echineis, (corruptly) escimuz.

Etymology: < Greek ἐχενηίς, < ἔχειν to hold + ναῦς (dative νηί) ship, from its supposed power of holding back a ship.

Obsolete. rare.

The Remora, or Sucking-fish, which has on the crown of its head an oblong flat disk, or sucker, by means of which it can adhere to foreign bodies.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Echeneidae (remoras) > member of (remora)

echeneis1481

remora1533

stay-ship1567

suck-stone1602

stop-ship1605

sea-lamprey1616

ship-halter1668

sucking-fish1697

sucker1753

suck-fish1753

shark-sucker1850

ship-holder1860

fisher-fish1867

sucker-fish1867

sea-lampern-

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. ix. 87 Ther is another manco of ffyshe in this see [of ynde], whiche ben named escimuz, whiche..haue such strengthe that in contynent that they touche a ship one of them only reteyneth hym stylle.

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. C^v The Echinæis swimmes against the streames.

1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. xiii. 29 The litle fish Echeneis stops the ships.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 312 The Echeneis, or Sucking-fish.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	echeneis
释义	† echeneisn. Forms: Also echineis, (corruptly) escimuz. Etymology: < Greek ἐχενηίς, < ἔχειν to hold + ναῦς (dative νηί) ship, from its supposed power of holding back a ship. Obsolete. rare. The Remora, or Sucking-fish, which has on the crown of its head an oblong flat disk, or sucker, by means of which it can adhere to foreign bodies. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Echeneidae (remoras) > member of (remora) echeneis1481 remora1533 stay-ship1567 suck-stone1602 stop-ship1605 sea-lamprey1616 ship-halter1668 sucking-fish1697 sucker1753 suck-fish1753 shark-sucker1850 ship-holder1860 fisher-fish1867 sucker-fish1867 sea-lampern- 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. ix. 87 Ther is another manco of ffyshe in this see [of ynde], whiche ben named escimuz, whiche..haue such strengthe that in contynent that they touche a ship one of them only reteyneth hym stylle. 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. C^v The Echinæis swimmes against the streames. 1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. xiii. 29 The litle fish Echeneis stops the ships. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 312 The Echeneis, or Sucking-fish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1481
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