- Stopship
- Stopship Stop"ship`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A remora. It was fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them. --Sylvester. [1913 Webster]
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remora — sucking fish, 1560s, from L. remora, lit. delay, hindrance, from re back + mora delay; so called because the fish were believed by the ancients to retard a vessel to which they attached themselves. Pliny writes that Antony s galley was delayed by … Etymology dictionary
