rêmora

See also: remora, rémora, and Remora

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin remora.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁẽ.mo.ɾɐ/ [ˈhẽ.mo.ɾɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁẽ.mo.ɾɐ/ [ˈχẽ.mo.ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁe.mo.ɾa/ [ˈhe.mo.ɾa]

  • Hyphenation: rê‧mo‧ra

Noun

rêmora f (plural rêmoras) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

  1. remora (any of various elongated fish from the family Echeneidae)
    • 1654 June 13, António Vieira, chapter III, in Sermam de S. Antonio [Sermon of Saint Anthony], São Luís; published in Sermoens do P. Antonio Vieira, volume 2, Lisbon: Officina de Miguel Deslandes, 1682, page 319, columns 1–2:
      Paſſando dos da Eſcritura aos da Hyſtoria natural, quem hauera, que naõ louue, & admire muyto a virtude taõ celebrada da Remora?
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