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Lamprey

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Noun

1. lamper eel, lamprey, lamprey eel

primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue

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Lamprey

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noun
any eel-like cyclostome vertebrate of the family Petromyzonidae, having a round sucking mouth for clinging to and feeding on the blood of other animals
. Also called: lamper eel See also sea lamprey

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Lamprey

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nounWord forms: plural ˈlampreys
any of an order (Petromyzoniformes) of jawless fishes with a funnel-shaped, sucking mouth surrounded by rasping teeth with which it bores into the flesh of other fishes to suck their blood

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Lamprey

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n. pl. lam·preys
Any of various elongated freshwater or anadromous fishes of the family Petromyzontidae, having a jawless sucking mouth with rasping teeth and often attaching to and parasitizing other fish.

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