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Referee on boundary cited Docker? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

remora

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'docker?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'referee on boundary cited' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'on' could be 're' ('on' can be mean 'with reference to') and 're' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mora' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for remora that I've seen before include "Slender sea fish" , "Arm roe against suckerfish" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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