echeneis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĕchĕnēis, ĭdis, f., = ἐχενηΐς,

the sucking-fish , remora , Echeneis remora, Linn.; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 79; 35, 1, 1, § 2 sq.; Luc. 6, 675; Ov. Hal. 99; Isid. 12, 6, 34.