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pilot fish

Carangidae \Carangidae\ n. 1. large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas; it includes the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.

Syn: family Carangidae.

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pilot fish

n. A marine fish, (taxlink Naucrates ductor species noshow=1), that often follows large vessels and sharks.

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Pilot fish

The pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) is a carnivorous fish of the trevally, or jackfish family, Carangidae. It is widely distributed and lives in warm or tropical open seas.

Usage examples of "pilot fish".

Accompanied by their entourage of legendary pilot fish, the sharks would roll on their sides as they slid under the boat.

The bombers were about a thousand feet apart, and each had an F-4 tucked in alongside like a pilot fish.

It was clinging to the bottom of the freighter as a pilot fish clings to a shark.

And the shark would cruise quietly on, its sickle mouth trailing morsels for the black and yellow pilot fish below his jaws and perhaps for the remora or two, the parasites that travel with the great host, that pick the shark's teeth when it is sleeping and the jaws are relaxed.

As it swept past he caught a glimpse of the inhuman, staring eye, the slatted gills, and the inevitable retinue of pilot fish and remora.

The Beast was well over the horizon, and though he could probably walk to it, there would be a section of the hike where both Beast and pilot fish would be over the horizon, and himself alone in a suit, with a limited air supply.

He linked arms with de Valmy and they drifted away, their various aides trailing several paces behind like hopeful pilot fish.

None had yet arrived ahead of her pilot fish, but some had been very close behind, and some as much as three days late.

I opened the door, expecting to see the military police, the translator assigned as my aide, and a few other pilot fish with them for good measure.