Remora

Rĕmŏra, ae, f.,

the name given to Rome by Remus : certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.).

Remora
·noun Delay; obstacle; hindrance. II. Remora ·noun An instrument formerly in use, intended to retai...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
remora
The sucker-fish. It has a long oval plate on the top of the head, by which, having exhausted the air...

The Sailor's Word-Book
remora
rĕ-mŏra, ae, f., delay , hinderance , passive resistance (ante- and post-class.): quae Remoram fa...

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